{"id":1469551,"date":"2022-05-10T07:14:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T11:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1469551"},"modified":"2022-05-10T07:14:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T11:14:44","slug":"black-republican-slams-eric-swalwell-for-claiming-gop-looks-to-ban-interracial-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-republican-slams-eric-swalwell-for-claiming-gop-looks-to-ban-interracial-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Republican Slams Eric Swalwell for Claiming GOP Looks 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=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fblack-republican-slams-eric-swalwell-for-claiming-gop-looks-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=1469551&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:\/\/assets.rebelmouse.io\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yOTc3ODIzMi9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY5MjIzOTg4N30.9FczRzrlOnA8QkJGsvlM8_jaAvaC7v5UexEghnIEsFY\/img.jpg?width=1200&#038;coordinates=0%2C8%2C0%2C59&#038;height=600\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Wesley Hunt, a Republican running for Congress, shut down Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) on Friday for claiming the Republican Party will try to outlaw interracial marriage.<\/p>\n<h3>What is the background?<\/h3>\n<p>After a leaked Supreme Court opinion draft showed the court had voted to overturn <em>Roe v. Wade, <\/em>liberal hysteria went into overdrive. <\/p>\n<p>Progressives began claiming without evidence that Republicans would not stop at overturning abortion rights, but would seek to overturn a plethora of other rights. Swalwell, for example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/eric-swalwell-ban-interracial-marriage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed that<\/a> Republicans &#8220;want to ban interracial marriage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Other Democrats similarly argued that Republicans want <em>Loving v. Virginia<\/em> overturned. The 1967 landmark Supreme Court decision struck down a Virginia law that banned interracial marriage.<\/p>\n<h3>What did Hunt say?<\/h3>\n<p>The issue of interracial marriage is particularly important to Hunt because he is a black man who is in an interracial marriage, which has produced two biracial daughters.<\/p>\n<p>Hunt responded to Swalwell&#8217;s initial comments by observing how Democrats like him are using race as a political weapon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hi Eric, my name is Wesley Hunt, I\u2019m a Republican nominee in a Congressional District that is 70% white,&#8221; Hunt said. &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"738f9\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"e4750084b8bfa682322a3493710d1cf5\">\n<div class=\"rm-embed-container rm-embed-twitter rm-loading\">\n            <span class=\"rm-embed-spacer rm-embed-spacer-mobile\"><\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"rm-embed-spacer rm-embed-spacer-desktop\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rm-embed-holder\">\n<blockquote class=\"rm-embed twitter-custom-tweet\" data-twitter-tweet-id=\"1521580037631270913\" data-partner=\"rebelmouse\">\n<p>Hi Eric, my name is Wesley Hunt, Iu2019m a Republican nominee in a Congressional District that is 70% white. Iu2019m black, Iu2019m in an interracial marriage, and my wife and I have two biracial daughters. Republicans are celebrating diversity while white liberals like yourself race-bait.https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepSwalwell\/status\/1521340822989402113u00a0u2026<\/p>\n<p> \u2014 Wesley Hunt (@Wesley Hunt)<br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesleyHuntTX\/statuses\/1521580037631270913\">1651607925<\/a>\n    <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Instead of engaging in productive dialogue, Swalwell hit back and reaffirmed his charge that Republicans support outlawing interracial marriage by pointing directly at Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hey Wesley, your problem isn\u2019t with me. It\u2019s with @SenatorBraun who said states should be able to ban interracial marriages like yours. He\u2019s a senator in YOUR party,&#8221; Swalwell said. &#8220;Looks like you\u2019re just another Republican who is in denial of what your colleagues say. Party over country, right?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"78279\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"ccaba19db0ba9203a5b41eb4fc961bbe\">\n<div class=\"rm-embed-container rm-embed-twitter rm-loading\">\n            <span class=\"rm-embed-spacer rm-embed-spacer-mobile\"><\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"rm-embed-spacer rm-embed-spacer-desktop\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rm-embed-holder\">\n<blockquote class=\"rm-embed twitter-custom-tweet\" data-twitter-tweet-id=\"1522704492247982080\" data-partner=\"rebelmouse\">\n<p>Hey Wesley, your problem isnu2019t with me. Itu2019s with @SenatorBraun who said states should be able to ban interracial marriages like yours. Heu2019s a senator in YOUR party. Looks like youu2019re just another Republican who is in denial of what your colleagues say. Party over country, right?https:\/\/twitter.com\/wesleyhunttx\/status\/1521580037631270913u00a0u2026<\/p>\n<p> \u2014 Rep. Eric Swalwell (@Rep. Eric Swalwell)<br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepSwalwell\/statuses\/1522704492247982080\">1651876016<\/a>\n    <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Braun incited brief controversy in March after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2022\/03\/23\/indiana-sen-mike-brauns-interracial-marriage-comment-what-he-said\/7139127001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he appeared to endorse<\/a> leaving the issue of interracial marriage up to individual states to decide, thus reversing <em>Loving v. Virginia. <\/em>However, Braun quickly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/minutes\/congress\/03-22-2022\/clean-up-for-braun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clarified that<\/a> he believes &#8220;there is no question the Constitution prohibits discrimination of any kind based on race, that is not something that is even up for debate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span>Hunt, however, was not deterred, and issued the decisive blow of the debate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Eric, here we go again. My problem is with you. You\u2019ve never been black a day in your life, and yet the white &#8216;intellectual&#8217; Democrat from California is lecturing me on racism,&#8221; Hunt hit back. &#8220;And for the record, don\u2019t lecture me on country over party either, I served in combat, did you?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"355c8\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"7a2055b86a151b9cfc8f3aa458ed3afb\">\n<div class=\"rm-embed-container rm-embed-twitter rm-loading\">\n            <span class=\"rm-embed-spacer rm-embed-spacer-mobile\"><\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"rm-embed-spacer rm-embed-spacer-desktop\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rm-embed-holder\">\n<blockquote class=\"rm-embed twitter-custom-tweet\" data-twitter-tweet-id=\"1522731136274907140\" data-partner=\"rebelmouse\">\n<p>Eric, here we go again. My problem is with you. Youu2019ve never been black a day in your life, and yet the white u201cintellectualu201d Democrat from California is lecturing me on racism.  And for the record, donu2019t lecture me on country over party either, I served in combat, did you?https:\/\/twitter.com\/repswalwell\/status\/1522704492247982080u00a0u2026<\/p>\n<p> \u2014 Wesley Hunt (@Wesley Hunt)<br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesleyHuntTX\/statuses\/1522731136274907140\">1651882368<\/a>\n    <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hunt is the Republican candidate running for Texas&#8217; 38th congressional district, which is situated in the Houston area. The district was established after the 2020 census. His Democratic opponent will be determined after a runoff election later this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wesley Hunt, a Republican running for Congress, shut down Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) on Friday for claiming the Republican Party will try to outlaw interracial marriage.What is the background?After a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":489,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1469551","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\/1469551","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\/489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1469551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469551\/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=1469551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1469551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1469551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}