Posted on 04/02/2023 7:29:18 PM PDT by lowbridge
Black Republican Missouri state Rep. Justin Hicks was yelled at this week by black Democrat state Rep. Marlene Terry over his opposition to the state government funding diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
On Thursday, House Bill 6, an appropriations bill for Missouri’s departments of agriculture, natural resources, and conservation, was sent to the state Senate by the Republican-controlled state House by a vote of 105-46.
The bill says that the departments cannot spend funds “for staffing, vendors, consultants, or programs associated with ‘Diversity, Equity, Inclusion’ or ‘Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging.’” The bill also blocks funds for initiatives that go toward initiatives that promote preferential treatment based on identity, “the concept that disparities are tied to oppression,” “collective guilty ideologies,” and “intersectional or divisive identity activism.”
During debate on the bill, Hicks, a Republican elected to represent part of St. Charles County in 2022, was grilled over his opposition to state funds going toward DEI programs by Terry, who has been in office since 2021.
“You said you were OK with the DEI [measure], and that there is an equal playing field. Did you say that?” she asked Hicks, who said that he does support banning government funds from going towards DEI.
“What it does is say that we are not in the business in state government of giving preferential treatment to certain groups and individuals. We treat everyone the same because we are all people under the law,” Hicks said.
Terry then asked how the freshman representative ethnically identified. “I identify as an American,” he replied, which led to applause from some of the lawmakers present.
After Hicks told Terry that she had been given the same opportunity to be elected to state government as everyone else, Terry said that Hicks was “delusional.”
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I stand with Hicks. I wish I lived in Mississippi just so I could stand with him.
“I identify as an American,”
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This is the proper response and mindset for all Americans! One Nation, under God, Indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all!
It is time to stop looking at the mirror but to the Flag to realize our identity and that of our fellow citizens.
The only colors we need to see are Red, White, and Blue and to treat each other with respect as befitting the American way of life.
WWG1WGA!
Missouri.
He’s a Missouri Republican.
What y’all drinking up there?
Sorry, I read Mississippi.
I’m willing to commute to stand by him.
Seems like a youngster, maybe there’s hope after all.
His Missouri State House email in case anyone wants to drop him a line of encouragement.
I would have given him a standing ovation.
Still a pretty long commute.
But we do what we have to!
Wishing for a video of this exchange. Am I missing it at the link?
The delegates to the Constitutional Convention found their motivation for scrutinizing proposals from political theories of the Enlightenment emphasizing individual human liberties synthesized into property as defined most immediately by John Locke, and James Madison. Here property was first sourced internally in personal self-protection, opinion, religion, communications, use of abilities to labor physically and mentally, and in conscience. Only through secure exercise of those liberties could one acquire the traditional manifestations of property.
Since the emergence of independent colonies and for all time Americans would be defined as sovereign individuals finding their identity in exercising pre-existing intangible liberties within bounds of voluntary self-restraint and accompanied by the hazards and uncertainties of personal freedoms. Their ethnicity, gender, class, and race would always be secondary expressions of humanity. The notion true humanity required material possessions would possess no merit.
There’s a relative plethora of State names starting with M.
Fewer that start with Z.
Some kind of oppression going on the the US.
There’s 57 States and only 26 letters.
Some letters are truly victims of oppression. [Too bad letters of the alphabet don’t vote. Though I don’t really know that.]
Some Africans are Americans. Others are RAT buttboys for the honkies in the far left Dung Beetle Party.
“..Others are RAT buttboys for the honkies in the far left Dung Beetle Party...”
Is that why they’re called “turd rollers”????
Asking for a friend...
Inquiring minds and all that stuff....LOL
Yeah. They are the free sh*t crowd.
knce again, if you are agaimst that thing, you ain’t black enough.
Leftist Democrats stink.
Nope, but you Ms Terry are a moronic idiot! Justin Hicks is correct, he's an American.
Thank you!
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