Monday, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) took aim at his colleague Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) for her Fourth of July tweet claiming Independence Day is about freedom for whites, while black people “still aren’t free.”
Donalds said on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom” that the tweet is “outlandish” and “ridiculous,” adding it “flies in the face of reality.” He argued black people have been free in America since 1865 and no other country has allowed them to achieve as much wealth as the United States.
“My reaction is I just shake my head and move on. What Cori tweeted was ridiculous,” Donalds declared.
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