He needs to resign.i have to ask myself- what century is today's GOP living in? calling black folks "colored?" assuming they might be hit harder by Covid because they do not wash their hands enough?
Seriously?
An Ohio lawmaker who called Black Americans "colored" will lead a legislative health committee, according to the Associated Press.
State Sen. Stephen Huffman, a medical doctor, questioned the hygiene practices of Black Americans.
Huffman apologized and has sought to make amends for his statements.
An Ohio GOP lawmaker and doctor who last year described Black Americans as "colored" in questioning their hygiene as it relates to contracting COVID-19 will now lead the state Senate Health Committee, according to the Associated Press.
This past June, state Sen. Stephen Huffman, an emergency room doctor, openly questioned the coronavirus prevention methods of Black Americans while speaking with Angela Dawson, a Black woman and the executive director of the Ohio Commission on Minority Health.
"I understand African Americans have higher instances of chronic conditions that makes them more susceptible to death from COVID," Huffman said. "But why does that make them more susceptible just to get COVID?"
He added: "Could it just be that African Americans - or the colored population - do not wash their hands as well as other groups? Or wear masks? Or do not socially distance themselves? Could that just be the explanation of why there's a higher incidence?"
(as far as coloreds not wearing masks, has this clown watched any of the trump pep rallies held after the CDC recommended masks and social distancing? or the "events" Trump and the GOP had at the White House that led to dozens of people getting infected? And almost no black people at all in attendance?)
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