Subject: Eli Crane says "colored people"
in 2023.

Rep. Eli Crane, a member of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus, referred to Black people as "colored people" today, in 2023, in America.

It was one of a variety of Republican-proposed amendments to the defense bill that dealt with culture war issues. And towards the end of a spirited debate, the Arizona Republican argued that his amendment wasn't about race.

"My amendment has nothing to do with whether or not colored people..."

Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio, a Black woman, moved "to have the words 'colored people' struck from the record. I find it offensive, and very inappropriate. I am asking for unanimous consent to take down the words of referring to me, or any of my colleagues, as 'colored people.'"

Crane then attempted to amend his remarks to "people of color".

"I asked unanimous consent, Mr. Speaker, to have the words stricken," Beatty replied. "I didn't ask to have the words amended."

But, hey, back to your rationalizing that Republicans saved the CRA.

Or somethng.