Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) rejected Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) equating the N-word with being called a “white supremacist” on Friday, claiming the conservative’s “ignorance is astoundingly white supremacist.”
The congresswoman took to Twitter on Friday to back her fellow “Squad” member Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) and to say there was a difference between calling a black person the N-word, which has been used to dehumanize black people, and calling someone a white supremacist.
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“[Marjorie Taylor Greene,] your ignorance is astoundingly white supremacist. No, calling you a white supremacist IS NOT equal to calling someone the n-word,” Bush tweeted. “Historically a white person calling a black person that word has been about power. It is used to show the supposed superiority of white people and to dehumanize black people. Its use often precipitates violence against our community without penalty or repercussions. This has been the case for generations.”
.@mtgreenee, your ignorance is astoundingly white supremacist.
No, calling you a white supremacist IS NOT equal to calling someone the n-word.
Historically a white person calling a Black person that word has been about power. https://t.co/zUZSoM1iFm
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) May 19, 2023
“You don’t need to ban books, you need to read them,” Bush continued. “I stand with Jamaal.”
Bush’s tweets come after a heated exchange between Greene and Bowman on the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday. Greene later said she felt “threatened” by Bowman, who characterized the exchange as a “light back-and-forth.”
“The truth of the matter is that we had a light back-and-forth on the steps of Capitol Hill, surrounded by reporters and staff. We can roll back the tapes and see her characterization of our conversation is an utter and blatant lie,” Bowman said in a statement. “This is, historically, what white supremacists do. They try to dehumanize Black people, Black skin, and Black humanity — so that we can be targeted for harm.”
Greene rejected the characterization and said she took offense to being called a white supremacist.
“That is like calling a person of color the N-word, which should never happen,” Greene said Thursday. “Calling me a white supremacist is equal to that, and that is wrong.”
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Greene claimed that Wednesday’s exchange was not the first time that she feared for her life when it came to Bowman, claiming the New York representative shouted “at the top of his lungs” that Greene was a white supremacist while she was in New York protesting former President Donald Trump’s indictment.
“Jamaal Bowman was down there, cursing at me, telling me to get the ‘F’ out of there,” Greene said. “He was leading the mob right outside of the vehicle I was sitting in.”
