House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), on right, and ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) prepare for a hearing titled “On The Front Lines of the Border Crisis”
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Led by ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin, Democrats on the U.S. House Oversight and Accountability Committee this week warned that Republicans doubled down on “a dangerous lie” when they refused to back a statement denouncing white supremacy.

Raskin (D-Md.) was joined by all 20 Democrats on the committee in signing a brief, straightforward statement condemning

EditSign “white nationalism and white supremacy in all its forms, including the ‘Great Replacement’ conspiracy theory,” which claims that white Americans are intentionally being “replaced” by people of color, particularly through immigration policy.

“These hateful and dangerous ideologies have no place in the work of the United States Congress or our committee,” reads the statement.

Raskin sent the statement along with a letter to committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), saying he was driven to call on his 26 Republican colleagues to sign on to the statement after the […]

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