Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) complained Thursday that Republicans have been accused of discriminating based on race while she argued white people were facing bigotry in the workplace.
At a House Oversight Committee hearing on "ending illegal racial discrimination," Greene said she was upset by racial claims made against Republicans.
"I'm listening today to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle charging Republicans with racism, hate, saying that we discriminate against people from the LGBTQ community, or based on race, has been appalling today, and I'm sorry for the witnesses that have had to hear that," Greene said.
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The lawmaker then focused on several companies that she suggested were discriminating against white people.
"For the people watching at home today, we're talking about Title VII of the Civil Rights Act," she said. "Yet today, and it was reported by CBS, it says that major U.S. companies gave 94% of new jobs to people of color in 2021. White workers accounted for 20,524 jobs, just 6 percent."
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She also noted that financial services company BlackRock had a program to promote "students who self-identify as Black or African-American, Hispanic or Latino, Native American, LGBTQ or disabled."
"This is talking about race, gender, LGBTQ, definitely leaves off white," she asserted. "White is not on this list, so that would be based on race. That seems to be a violation to me."
