'Based on the hierarchy of what's impacting minority Americans, if I had to make a list of 100 things, white nationalism would not make the list,' the black conservative commentator told lawmakers.
Candace Owens, a black conservative commentator, activist and podcast host with political stances and defenses of President Donald Trump that often irritate Democrats, said at a congressional hearing on Friday that issues such as black on black crime and a lack of father figure are among the top issues facing black Americans—not white supremacy.
At a congressional hearing before a subpanel of the House Oversight Committee, where tensions ran high at times between Owens and the other testifying witnesses, she said white supremacy and white nationalism would not crack the list of the top 100 issues facing African American communities today. "Based on the hierarchy of what's impacting minority Americans, if I had to make a list of 100 things, white nationalism would not make the list," Owens told lawmakers."I would argue that right now, we have a social environment that is hostile toward men and does not inspire masculinity or being a man and what it means to be a father figure in a household. Black on black crime is a huge issue in America right now, but people don't like to talk about that.
Candace Owens of Turning Point USA testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing discussing hate crimes and the rise of white nationalism on Capitol Hill on April 9 in Washington, DC.
Dr. Kathleen Belew, a research fellow at Stanford University's Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, referenced Owens' Twitter reaction, in which she appeared to be laughing at the news the man who gunned down 49 people at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, earlier this year considered Owens"the person that has influenced me above all."The Left pretending I inspired a mosque massacre in...
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