Luz Maria Rivas
Role at the time: U.S. Representative for California's 29th district, posting on X
Statement summary
Representative Luz Rivas wrote that she condemned the "racist remarks" made against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and called the rhetoric "harmful and disgusting," "unacceptable" and without a place in the country.
“I condemn the racist remarks made against Leader @RepJeffries. This harmful and disgusting rhetoric is unacceptable and has no place in our country.”
Mediaite report on Democratic lawmakers' reactions to Rula Jebreal's remarks about Hakeem Jeffries. It quotes Jebreal and reproduces the lawmakers' posts on X.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
The case asks whether Rula Jebreal's remarks about Hakeem Jeffries were racist. Rivas wrote that she condemns what she called the racist remarks made against Jeffries and described the rhetoric as harmful, disgusting and unacceptable. That is an express rejection of the remarks as racist, so we labeled it Condemned.