'That's an outlandish, outrageous and out-of-pocket observation,' the Democratic leader said.
Share on email traded barbs on Wednesday over inflammatory comments Donalds made regarding Black families' quality of life during Jim Crow-era racial segregation.Donalds continued: "During Jim Crow, more Black people were not just conservative — Black people have always been conservative-minded — but more Black people voted conservatively."
The Democratic leader added: "We were not better off when people could be systematically lynched without consequence. ... How dare you make such an ignorant observation. You better check yourself before you wreck yourself."
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