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South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace reiterated her comments calling Hunter Biden\u201cthe epitome of white privilege\u201d after the president\u2019s son made a surprise appearance at a hearing.<\/p>\n
Mr Biden showed up at the hearing room \u2014 unannounced \u2014 on Wednesday as the House Oversight Committee deliberated on whether to move forward with a resolution holding him in contempt of Congress after he failed to comply with a subpoena.<\/p>\n
After the hearing, Ms Mace echoed her earlier comments, telling The Independent: \u201cI mean the nerve of him to show up to our committee is the epitome of privilege. He should be held accountable like everybody else.\u201d <\/p>\n
This wasn\u2019t the first time she referred to the president\u2019s son\u2019s \u201cprivilege.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier in the day, upon Mr Biden\u2019s arrival, the South Carolina Republican asked: \u201cMy first question is who bribed Hunter Biden to be here today? That\u2019s my first question. Second question, you are the epitome of white privilege. Coming into the Oversight Committee, spitting in our face, ignoring a Congressional subpoena to be deposed. What are you afraid of? You have no balls to come up here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her comments met the wrath of two of her House Democratic colleagues \u2014 Texas Rep Jasmine Crockett and New York Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just can\u2019t get over the gentlelady from South Carolina talking about white privilege,\u201d Ms Crockett said. \u201cIt was a spit in the face, at least of mine as a Black woman, for you to talk about what white privilege looks like, especially from that side of the aisle.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cY\u2019all don\u2019t know what white privilege looks like,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Ms Mace said she takes \u201cgreat pride as a white female Republican to address the inadequacies in our country,\u201d referring to her prior position on the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee. She also defended that her district is \u201crich and poor is literally Black and white, Black versus white on most days.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rep Ocasio-Cortez then chimed in, calling Ms Mace\u2019s speech \u201cvery beautiful\u201d but \u201cexemplary of the point that she also oversaw the elimination of the civil rights subcommittee on this committee, which really kind of gives the whole game away\u201d.<\/p>\n
The New York lawmaker continued: \u201cWe show up, we give speeches, we give flowery words, but at the end of the day, participate in the structural erosion of the rights and representation of people that are marginalized \u2014 women, people of color, people that just need to see their due process and civil liberties protected in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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