and Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) got heated on Wednesday during a House Judiciary Committee debate on a police reform bill. “You reflected on your Black son, and you said none of us could understand.”“Matt, Matt, stop,” Richmond said. It’s about Black males, Black people in the streets that are getting killed, and if one of them happens to be your kid, I’m concerned about him, too ― and clearly, I’m more concerned about him than you are.”That set Gaetz off. “Was that a nerve?” Richmond asked. “You’re damn right that was a nerve,” Gaetz replied.

Source: Huffington Post June 18, 2020 05:15 UTC