A Republican candidate for Congress in Nevada provided a stark reminder of how he really feels about Black individuals nearly a month forward of an election wherein he’ll face off in opposition to an African American.

In feedback made final week as revealed by audio obtained by HuffPost, John Lee will be heard attacking incumbent Nevada Rep. Steven Horsford, his Democratic opponent, and racially mocking the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) for which Horsford serves as chairman.

Lee tried to downplay the CBC’s impact on the race for Nevada’s 4th Congressional District and mentioned the group led by Horsford was “racist” for having dozens of members who’re completely Black Democrats.

“They made him chair of the Black Caucus. Whoop-de-doo,” Lee mentioned about Horsford throughout a marketing campaign occasion on Sept. 23.

Lee then mentioned that as a result of he’s “from North Las Vegas” he’s “not worried about Black people. You know?”

Lee went on to conclude from his flawed logic: “So they’re the most racist people in the world.”

HuffPost famous that the Congressional district wherein Lee is a candidate has a inhabitants that’s 15% Black, suggesting he’s doing himself no electoral favors with potential voters.

It’s not the primary time Lee has provided white supremacist-leaning rhetoric, significantly concerning the CBC.

“The Nevada Republican has made other offensive comments about the Congressional Black Caucus,” HuffPost reminded its readers. “He called the group ‘stupid’ in November, and in August he compared it to having ‘a blond-haired caucus’.”

Horsford on Monday seized upon the leaked audio to challenge a warning to voters.

“This is not a game, we must win in November,” Horsford posted on X, previously Twitter. “John Lee does not represent our values and we will not let him represent us in Congress.”

In a separate put up, Horsford warned voters.

“Unlike my opponent, I’m concerned with how ALL people in Nevada’s Fourth District are doing—including Black people, who make up 15% of our district,” Horsford wrote. “You cannot serve a district if you are willing to leave some of us behind.”

He continued: “John Lee’s comments are racist and more specifically, anti-Black. To disregard the Black community is egregious, especially given the political history of our country. It shows exactly where my opponent’s priorities lie, not with us, but with himself and only himself.”

It was the second time in as many weeks that Horsford wanted to close down blatant anti-Black racism from a Republican.

After all, it was solely final Wednesday — two days after Lee’s feedback had been made — when Horsford referred to as out suspected white supremacist and Republican Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins‘ “hatred” for a racist social media put up about Haitians.

In case you missed it, Higgins dug deep in his bag of racism when he posted disparaging remarks about Haitians within the U.S. whereas attempting to lend credence to a broadly debunked racist conspiracy principle championed by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his vice presidential working mate JD Vance.

Higgins’ put up got here someday after a Haitian group filed a prison criticism in opposition to Trump and Vance for serving to to unfold the nonsensical lie that Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, had been stealing residents’ pets and consuming them.

“Lol. These Haitians are wild,” Higgins wrote within the put up. “Eating pets, vudu, nastiest country in the Western hemisphere, cults, splatstick gangsters… but damn if they don’t feel all sophisticated now, filing charges against our President and VP.”

But Higgins wasn’t finished.

“All these thugs better get their minds right and their ass out of our country before January 20,” Higgins dog-whistled within the put up whereas referencing the date of the presidential inauguration subsequent 12 months.

Higgins finally deleted the racist tweet, however not earlier than it was preserved through screenshots that rapidly went viral on social media.

It was in that context that Horsford on the House flooring on Wednesday, referred to as for Higgins to be formally censured.

“I would hope that every member of this body understands that no person, particularly those that contribute to communities, that are entrepreneurial, who give to our communities by being nurses and first responders and teachers – that those individuals, those children, no longer have to live in fear or intimidation because of any words and posts that come from members of this body,” Horsford mentioned. “It is time to end hate and the rhetoric of hate and it is not becoming on any member to continue to push this type of rhetoric on any platform, let alone from the House of Representatives.”

Horsford later expounded on his intentions to censure Higgins.

“Today, Representative Clay Higgins used his official account on X to publicly spew hatred, fear, and intolerance against Haitians and Haitian Americans in an overtly racist post. Referring to Haiti as the ‘nastiest country in the western hemisphere,’ and denigrating Haitians with vile and demeaning terms goes against a foundational principle about our country: that America is a nation of immigrants where all are welcome,” Horford mentioned in an announcement despatched to NewsOne. “We can only hope and pray that the misinformation and racist rhetoric spewed by former President Donald Trump, Senator JD Vance, Rep. Higgins, and other right wing MAGA extremists, do not lead to violence in any Haitian or immigrant community.”

Horsford added: “Every member of Congress must be clear that we need to eliminate hate in all its forms. It is time to turn the page on this pattern of denigrating and villainizing immigrants for political gain. Today, we have introduced a privileged resolution to censure Rep. Higgins and to make clear that bigotry and racism from a member of Congress is unacceptable.”

This is America.

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