{"id":1467383,"date":"2022-05-07T08:44:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T12:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1467383"},"modified":"2022-05-07T08:44:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T12:44:58","slug":"youve-never-been-black-a-day-in-your-life-black-republican-shreds-eric-swalwells-unhinged-claim-that-the-gop-wants-to-ban-interracial-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youve-never-been-black-a-day-in-your-life-black-republican-shreds-eric-swalwells-unhinged-claim-that-the-gop-wants-to-ban-interracial-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018You\u2019ve Never Been Black A Day In Your Life\u2019: Black Republican Shreds Eric Swalwell\u2019s Unhinged Claim That The GOP Wants To Ban Interracial Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">48<\/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%2Fyouve-never-been-black-a-day-in-your-life-black-republican-shreds-eric-swalwells-unhinged-claim-that-the-gop-wants-to-ban-interracial-marriage%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=1467383&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:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2020\/12\/GettyImages-1157807190-e1608308516670.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span>A black Republican congressional candidate blasted Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) on Friday night for claiming that conservatives want to ban interracial marriage after they end abortion.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>After a draft majority opinion showing that the Supreme Court is poised to overturn <\/span><i><span>Roe v. Wade<\/span><\/i><span> leaked on Monday, Swalwell <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/conservatives-rip-swalwell-for-unhinged-tweet-claiming-republicans-want-to-ban-interracial-marriage\"><span>claimed<\/span><\/a><span> that Republicans \u201cwon\u2019t stop with banning abortion\u201d and will shoot to \u201cban interracial marriage\u201d next. Wesley Hunt \u2014 an African-American congressional candidate from Texas who is in an interracial marriage and has two biracial daughters \u2014 called out Swalwell\u2019s tweet as ludicrous.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHi Eric, my name is Wesley Hunt, I\u2019m a Republican nominee in a Congressional District that is 70% white,\u201d the candidate said. \u201cI\u2019m black, I\u2019m in an interracial marriage, and my wife and I have two biracial daughters. Republicans are celebrating diversity while white liberals like yourself race-bait.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hi Eric, my name is Wesley Hunt, I\u2019m a Republican nominee in a Congressional District that is 70% white. I\u2019m black, I\u2019m in an interracial marriage, and my wife and I have two biracial daughters. Republicans are celebrating diversity while white liberals like yourself race-bait. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r7bSNlskVp\">https:\/\/t.co\/r7bSNlskVp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wesley Hunt (@WesleyHuntTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesleyHuntTX\/status\/1521580037631270913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cHey Wesley, your problem isn\u2019t with me. It\u2019s with @SenatorBraun who said states should be able to ban interracial marriages like yours,\u201d Swalwell replied. \u201cHe\u2019s a senator in YOUR party. Looks like you\u2019re just another Republican who is in denial of what your colleagues say. Party over country, right?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hey Wesley, your problem isn\u2019t with me. It\u2019s with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorBraun?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenatorBraun<\/a> who said states should be able to ban interracial marriages like yours. He\u2019s a senator in YOUR party. Looks like you\u2019re just another Republican who is in denial of what your colleagues say. Party over country, right? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mfH8tlilvg\">https:\/\/t.co\/mfH8tlilvg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepSwalwell\/status\/1522704492247982080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Swalwell was referring to an <a href=\"https:\/\/fox59.com\/news\/politics\/in-focus-sen-braun-comments-on-interracial-marriage-draw-controversy\/amp\/\">interaction<\/a> between Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) and members of the media in which he initially said that the Supreme Court\u2019s tentative overturning of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> could apply to <em>Loving v. Virginia<\/em>, in which the high court ruled in favor of interracial marriages. Braun clarified later that day that he misunderstood the reporters\u2019 line of questioning, affirming that \u201cthere is no question the Constitution prohibits discrimination of any kind based on race, that is not something that is even up for debate, and I condemn racism in any form.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cEric, here we go again. My problem is with you,\u201d Hunt replied to Swalwell. \u201cYou\u2019ve never been black a day in your life, and yet the white \u201cintellectual\u201d Democrat from California is lecturing me on racism. And for the record, don\u2019t lecture me on country over party either, I served in combat, did you?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Eric, here we go again. My problem is with you. You\u2019ve never been black a day in your life, and yet the white \u201cintellectual\u201d Democrat from California is lecturing me on racism. And for the record, don\u2019t lecture me on country over party either, I served in combat, did you? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mHnZOqzLUn\">https:\/\/t.co\/mHnZOqzLUn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wesley Hunt (@WesleyHuntTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesleyHuntTX\/status\/1522731136274907140?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>According to his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wesleyfortexas.com\/wesley-and-the-family\/\"><span>campaign website<\/span><\/a><span>, Hunt received a mechanical engineering degree from West Point before serving for eight years in the U.S. Army as an Aviation Branch Officer and AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter pilot. He completed a combat tour in Iraq, as well as two deployments to Saudi Arabia as a Diplomatic Liaison Officer. Hunt later attended Cornell University and earned three graduate\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>President Joe Biden had his own racial incident this week for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/joe-biden-recalls-the-old-days-of-having-lunch-with-real-segregationists-again\"><span>commenting<\/span><\/a><span> on the old days of having lunch with \u201creal segregationists\u201d during an event in Ohio.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cEven back in the old days when we had real segregationists like [James] Eastland and [Strom] Thurmond and all those guys, but [at least] we end up eating lunch together,\u201d Biden said. \u201cThings have changed, we\u2019ve gotta bring it back.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In response to the leaked <\/span><i><span>Roe <\/span><\/i><span>opinion, Biden <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-issues-response-to-leaked-supreme-court-opinion-draft\"><span>issued<\/span><\/a><span> a statement vowing to enshrine the 1973 ruling into federal law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI believe that a woman\u2019s right to choose is fundamental, <\/span><i><span>Roe <\/span><\/i><span>has been the law of the land for almost fifty years, and basic fairness and the stability of our law demand that it not be overturned,\u201d Biden said. \u201cIf the Court does overturn <\/span><i><span>Roe<\/span><\/i><span>, it will fall on our nation\u2019s elected officials at all levels of government to protect a woman\u2019s right to choose.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd it will fall on voters to elect pro-choice officials this November,\u201d he continued. \u201cAt the federal level, we will need more pro-choice Senators and a pro-choice majority in the House to adopt legislation that codifies <\/span><i><span>Roe<\/span><\/i><span>, which I will work to pass and sign into law.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Abortion, however, is more pervasive among and destructive to African-Americans than any other racial group in the United States. In places like New York City, more black babies are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/lets-talk-about-the-black-abortion-rate-1531263697\"><span>aborted every year<\/span><\/a><span> than born alive.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A black Republican congressional candidate blasted Rep. 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