Clyburn Rocks On 'This Week'

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Martha Raddatz, the perpetual HACK, gets her ass handed to her when she tries asking Congressman Jim Clyburn a "gotcha" question on ABC's 'This Week':

MARTHA RADDATZ: You know, I want to go back to President Biden. He got very serious pushback after his speech on Tuesday from all sides.

Senator Dick Durbin said he took it a little too far by comparing current voting restrictions to Jim Crow. Mitch McConnell called Biden profoundly unpresidential for his divisive language.

So, was that fierce tone counterproductive?


REP. JAMES CLYBURN: Absolutely not.

I disagree with both those things. I know Dick. I like Dick a whole lot.

But let me tell you something. That's what Jim Crow was all about. We had votes towards Reconstruction, which came to an end, by the way, in 1876. And when it came to Reconstruction -- came to an end, we got Jim Crow laws.

That's exactly what these laws are about. These are Jim Crow 2.0. That is one of the strongest points of the president's speech that I agree with.

So, this whole notion, when you walk around and no one has ever discriminated against you because of your skin color or you have never had to worry about having your vote counted, you can have those kinds of statements.

But you're talking to one who knows a different history in this country. And that's exactly what these laws are, Jim Crow 2.0.

She lowered her head and wouldn't even look at the camera.

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1. Great clapback from Clyburn! Thanks for sharing this. nt