What do the senate impeachment trial and the Virginia gun rally have in common? Read Jamil Smith's latest
, protesting Gov. Ronald Reagan with guns in hand, were more careful. Imagine if black Americans today reacted like this to every election result that, in actuality rather than in theory, worked against their interests. Perhaps we would have seen those gun-control measures a lot sooner.)
Another place where black folks are scarce is the United States Senate, where only three — Republican Tim Scott and Democrats Cory Booker and Kamala Harris — are currently seated. The impeachment trial and the Virginia event share not only a dearth of black people, but an excess of white fragility. They both speak to the extremes that our society permits white people in power, whether granted by gun or government, to assert themselves when that power is challenged or held to account.
On Tuesday, Republicans voted along party lines to bar subpoenas for acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and former National Security Council chair John Bolton and delay a decision on others until later in the proceedings.
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