Racists Attack Iowa Democrats’ Zoom Meeting
Members of the Iowa Democratic Party were the targets of a racist attack over a Zoom meeting last Friday. State Rep. Phyllis Thede and Black Caucus Chair Al Womble gave their accounts of the incident to MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell. Thede was giving a speech when a picture of a monkey popped up on the screen. She says that she didn’t think much of it at first. “But as it went on, the young person started to say things about what the monkey looked like… and I’m sorry to be so forward, but talked about how big the testicles were,” Thede said. “Then they started to laugh and scream.” Womble said he...