{"id":1269316,"date":"2022-02-03T15:14:24","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T20:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1269316"},"modified":"2022-02-03T20:22:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T01:22:41","slug":"not-black-enough-virginia-republican-blasts-black-caucus-after-he-claims-they-rejected-his-entrance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-black-enough-virginia-republican-blasts-black-caucus-after-he-claims-they-rejected-his-entrance\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Not Black Enough\u2019: Virginia Republican Blasts Black Caucus After He Claims They Rejected His Entrance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnot-black-enough-virginia-republican-blasts-black-caucus-after-he-claims-they-rejected-his-entrance%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1269316&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-03-at-7.34.42-PM-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A Republican in the Virginia General Assembly, who is black, slammed the assembly\u2019s Black Caucus this week after he claimed the group denied him entrance, which the Republican said made him feel like he was being told he was \u201cnot black enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really did offend me,\u201d Del. Aijalon Cordoza <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/black-republican-virginia-delegate-says-black-caucus-rejected-him\">told<\/a> Fox News in an exclusive interview. \u201cIt was a spit in the face. This says to me that I\u2019m not black enough to be in the Black Caucus, and that\u2019s an insult.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefining what \u2018black\u2019 is by these liberal criteria is frankly wrong and disgusting,\u201d the conservative added.<\/p>\n<p>Cordoza, a veteran, said he attempted entrance into the caucus in hopes that his conservative voice would lend some thought diversity \u2014 and it would have been a familiar place for Cordoza, who said he was often the lone conservative voice when he attended an HBCU, which stands for \u201cHistorically Black Colleges and Universities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to become a member of the Black Caucus because I wanted to be a voice, I wanted to be a conservative voice in a group that\u2019s normally very liberal,\u201d he told Fox News Digital. \u201cAnd I wanted to represent <em>all<\/em> African Americans, not just liberal ones. I wanted a seat at the table.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of his college experience, Cordoza said he was the only \u201copen conservative\u201d on his campus and found that when he was able to articulate conservative values to classmates, \u201cthey listened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what I wanted to bring to the Black Caucus,\u201d he reiterated. \u201cI wanted them to see what the other side is talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Republican\u2019s first venture into politics was to help elect former President Barack Obama. Though Cordoza later learned he aligned more with conservatives values, he noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI actually got into politics right after high school, when I helped our nation\u2019s first black president get elected \u2014 when I didn\u2019t really know the party structure,\u201d Cordoza said. \u201cOver time I found out I more align with the Republican Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cordoza told Fox News Digital he wants a caucus that includes all viewpoints.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt might be a caucus of one,\u201d he said. \u201cBut it will be a caucus when new members come that\u2019s going to welcome all African Americans, regardless of their views, because we want the African American voices to be heard, not just one singular voice rejecting all other black voices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want a full picture of what it is to be an African American, whether we agree or disagree,\u201d Cordoza added. \u201cWe need to come together and say, \u2018this is who we are.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/candace-owens-trends-for-hours-after-dems-demand-black-woman-for-supreme-court\">Candace Owens Trends For Hours After Dems Demand \u2018Black Woman\u2019 For Supreme&nbsp;Court<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/we-dont-have-a-racial-quota-mitch-mcconnell-shuts-down-question-about-black-staffers-who-could-inform-his-decision-on-scotus-nominee\">\u2018We Don\u2019t Have A Racial Quota\u2019: Mitch McConnell Shuts Down Question About Black Staffers Who Could \u2018Inform\u2019 His Decision On SCOTUS&nbsp;Nominee<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mainstream-poll-reveals-pushback-to-bidens-promise-of-nominating-black-woman-to-supreme-court\">Mainstream Poll Reveals Pushback To Biden\u2019s Promise Of Nominating Black Woman To Supreme&nbsp;Court<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Republican in the Virginia General Assembly, who is black, slammed the assembly\u2019s Black Caucus this week after he claimed the group denied him entrance, which the Republican said made &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1269316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1269316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1269316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1269316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1269316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}