Rep. Wesley Hunt, Descended From Slavery, Says He’s Proud of American Heritage
Two congressional lawmakers who are descendants of enslaved peoples offered disparate opinions of America on Independence Day, illustrating the chasm between the right and the left about the nation’s principles.
Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) recognized the holiday on Twitter.
“The Declaration of Independence was written by enslavers and didn’t recognize Black people as human,” Ms. Bush wrote in a tweet. “Today is a great day to demand Reparations Now.”
Included in the tweet was the emoji of the “raised fist,” a symbol of solidarity among socialist revolutionaries and their causes, and a signature gesture of the Black Power movement….