Assume Much? State Rep. Says 'Maybe They Might Want To Call Me A Monkey'

Posted • March 13, 2025: Republicans in the Washington State House of Representatives might want to call Rep. Jamila Taylor a monkey. They didn't — she brought it up, assuming her colleagues were racists uttering slurs under their breaths. As far as we know, Washington isn't paying out reparations (yet), and Republicans don't think it's a good idea with a $15 billion budget deficit. It's a bold strategy — call yourself something racist and claim that other people were thinking it. —— "They might want to call me a monkey": Republicans argued against expanding Washington's reparations program because we have a $15B budget deficit. Democrats responded by calling them racists. —— This sounds like more of a "her" problem. * no one’s ever called her one, so there’s that. 🤔 But maybe they want to. Assume the worst. Is a state that never had slaves and or slave owners really discussing reparations? And then there's Rep. Kristine Reeves, who believes that the people of Washington are calling for "restorative justice." It really is California Jr. (…)

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