A Republican lawmaker in Michigan has lost his committee assignment and staff, days after posting an image of a racist ideology on social media.

A Republican lawmaker in Michigan lost his committee assignment and staff Monday, days after posting an image of a racist ideology on social media.

House Speaker Joe Tate, a Democrat who is Black, said he will not allow the House to be a forum for “racist, hateful and bigoted speech.”

State Rep. Josh Schriver, who is white, shared a post on X — formerly known as Twitter — that showed a map of the world with Black figures greatly outnumbering white figures, along with the phrase, “The great replacement!”

The conspiracy theory says there’s a plot to diminish the influence of white people.

  • girlfreddy
    591·
    4 months ago

    “I’m opposed to racists, race baiters and victim politics,” Schriver told The Detroit News. “What I find strange is the agenda to demoralize and reduce the white portion of our population.”

    Denies being a racist then says racist shit. This one is dumber than a bag of rocks.

    • Omega@lemmy.world
      11·
      4 months ago

      I mean, that’s what all the culture wars are about. Being racist, sexist, homophobic, and/or bigoted. Anti woke, PC, cancel culture, etc is just promoting those.

    • asteriskeverything@lemmy.world
      7·
      4 months ago

      If anyone is having trouble translating “I’m opposed to racists, people who call out racism, and people who talk about the impact of racism”