Texas state Rep. Jolanda Jones (D) compared redistricting efforts underway in her state to the Holocaust.
Speaking to former CNN anchor Don Lemon, Jones said, “Integration happened and everybody thought they accept us. They don’t accept us. They are showing us who they are. We should believe them. And we better have the courage to stand up, otherwise we will fall for anything, and in this country we will be defeated, deported — I mean, we will lose all of our rights.”
“And if you think it can’t happen, it can,” she added. “And I will liken this to the Holocaust — people are like, well, how did the Holocaust happen? How was somebody in a position to kill all them people? Well, good people remained silent.”
Jones has since apologized for her comments, telling Fox News, “I made a statement on ‘The Don Lemon Show’ comparing Trump’s attempt to disenfranchise Black and Brown people to the Holocaust. That was a mistake, and I apologize for it.”
She claimed, “Trump is coming for my community, and I get emotional about it and make strong statements. But that was going too far, and I retract that comparison.”
Governor Greg Abbott (R) has filed an emergency petition with the Texas Supreme Court to remove one of the key Democrats behind the effort to flee the state.
“I made clear in a formal statement on Sunday, August 3, that if the Texas House Democrats were not in attendance when the House reconvened at 3:00 PM on Monday, August 4, then action would be taken to seek their removal,” Abbott said this week. “They have not returned and have not met the quorum requirements. Representative Wu and the other Texas House Democrats have shown a willful refusal to return, and their absence for an indefinite period of time deprives the House of the quorum needed to meet and conduct business on behalf of Texans. Texas House Democrats abandoned their duty to Texans, and there must be consequences.”
