Ohio lawmaker who asked racist question about Black hygiene tapped to lead state health panel

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By Paul LeBlanc and Chandelis Duster, CNN

Updated 10:27 AM ET, Mon January 25, 2021

Washington (CNN) - A GOP Ohio lawmaker who asked a racist question last year about whether "the colored population" was contracting Covid-19 at higher rates because of poor hygiene has been tapped to lead the state Senate's health panel.

State Sen. Stephen Huffman was appointed by Senate President Matt Huffman, his cousin, this month to the position on the committee that reviews legislation about health care and human services despite a racist exchange with a Black health expert in June.

"I understand African Americans have a higher incidence of chronic conditions and that makes them more susceptible to death from Covid. But why does it not make them more susceptible just to get Covid?" Huffman had asked during the testimony.

"Could it just be that African Americans or the colored population do not wash their hands as well as other groups? Or wear a mask? Or do not socially distance themselves? Could that be the explanation for why the higher incidence?"

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[marble falls]

1. He may be in Ohio but his heart is in the Confederacy.