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This is exactly why we don’t have sufficient public services in this country. You name it; healthcare, education, labor rights, infrastructure development.
Because people who aren’t white would have access.
Next, he'll propose counting them with a 60% weighting.
Wait, this sounds familiar…
Oh what a piece of shit.
No he’s not a piece of shit. Shit can be useful for things like fertilizer. This dude has no use.
Republican Jacky Eubanks said in a recent interview with the site Church Militant
Church…militant? That’s the most unsettling site name I’ve maybe ever seen
Problem solved, then, I guess?
I'm sure he doesn't think this sounds racist
I mean, it's probably mostly a distraction from the real issue, which is they have a huge population who can't afford to access to quality Healthcare (regardless of race). I'm sure their numbers would look even better if they excluded all poor people, but he'd rather stir up race issues than class issues.
I think you are giving him far more credit than I do.
Eh, you're probably right
Weep at the fact that America is a country where a senator thinks that's an okay thing to say
Articles from 2022 citing 'if Roe is overturned' are a bit past their expiration date.
This article is from 2022, for anyone wondering before you click
Our maternal death rates are the best if we only count white men!
"If you correct our population for race..."
Like the Nazis tried to do. The Republican program.
Is it though? They still look higher than the national average.
Only if you count women.
Louisiana Senator: Our Maternal Death Rates Are Only Bad If You Count Our Most Vulnerable Populations
If you ignore marginalized and oppressed citizens then all kinds of things look great! Wealth, education, home ownership, health. Why did no one think of this before?
"... which we don't. "
Three years old article.