Nikema Williams
Role at the time: U.S. Representative for Georgia's 5th district, posting on X
Condemned
Statement summary
Representative Nikema Williams said that calling House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries a monkey is racist, and that there is no caveat when it comes to racism, no matter which side of the aisle it comes from.
“Calling Leader Hakeem Jeffries a “monkey” is racist. Full stop. There’s no caveat when it comes to racism, no matter which side of the aisle it comes from.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)'Absolutely Disgusting and Unacceptable!' Democratic Lawmakers Denounce Left-Wing Journalist for Calling Hakeem Jeffries an 'AIPAC Monkey' · MediaiteArticle body and the embedded X posts from Democratic lawmakers that follow Jebreal's statement.
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. Williams wrote that calling Jeffries a "monkey" is racist and that there is no caveat when it comes to racism. That is an express judgment that the word was racist, so we labeled it Condemned.