By Cassandra Fairbanks
Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has slammed Democrat Congresswoman Cori Bush as “racist” over a divisive Fourth of July tweet that went viral on Sunday.
Bush claimed Independence Day was only about freedom for “white people” in a highly controversial social media post.
“When they say that the 4th of July is about American freedom, remember this: the freedom they’re referring to is for white people. This land is stolen land and Black people still aren’t free,” Bush tweeted.
When they say that the 4th of July is about American freedom, remember this: the freedom they’re referring to is for white people.
This land is stolen land and Black people still aren’t free.
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) July 4, 2021
In a follow up tweet, Bush added, “We know what our own freedom looks like. End the slavery permitted under the 13th amendment. End the War on Drugs. End police violence. End health care, housing, and education apartheid. WE are the experts on our own liberation. And we won’t stop until it’s won.”
We know what our own freedom looks like.
End the slavery permitted under the 13th amendment.
End the War on Drugs.
End police violence.
End health care, housing, and education apartheid.
WE are the experts on our own liberation. And we won’t stop until it’s won.
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) July 5, 2021
The tweets sparked major backlash, with many noting how it was odd that someone who “isn’t free” ends up a member of Congress.
Wait…. how are you a member of Congress is you aren't free?
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) July 4, 2021
Greene made the same point, quote tweeting the Democrat and writing “says a black woman, who is one of only 435 people in all of America currently elected to serve in Congress.”
Says a black woman, who is one of only 435 people in all of America currently elected to serve in Congress.
You can stop with the racism now Cori and put your race card back in your pocket.
4th of July is freedom for all from a tyrannical government.
Happy Independence Day!🇺🇸 https://t.co/blWHhJd8TX
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) July 4, 2021
“You can stop with the racism now Cori and put your race card back in your pocket. 4th of July is freedom for all from a tyrannical government. Happy Independence Day!” Greene added, along with an American flag emoji.
Bush had not responded to Greene as of Monday afternoon. The two have previously clashed so hard that the Democrat moved her office so that she would no longer be near the Republican firebrand.
Shockingly, Bush was not the only elected official to complain about America’s birthday this weekend.
Democratic California Representative Maxine Waters also took to Twitter to complain about the Declaration of Independence being “racist.”
In a bizarre tweet, Waters wrote “July 4th… & so, the Declaration of Independence says all men are created equal. Equal to what? What men? Only white men? Isn’t it something that they wrote this in 1776 when African Americans were enslaved? They weren’t thinking about us then, but we’re thinking about us now!”
Further, the Dec. of Ind. says we hold these truths to be "self-evident"… yet:
– 17 states have enacted voter suppression laws
– Supreme Court gutted Sec. 5 of the Voting Rights Act
– George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Michael Brown, Sandra Bland, Tamir RiceNeed I say more? #July4
— Maxine Waters (@RepMaxineWaters) July 4, 2021
Waters is also a woman of color in Congress — as the House Financial Services Committee chair, she also holds quite a high position for someone so oppressed.
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