Kansas Republicans are all butthurt over an African-American Democratic legislator describing one of their racist bills as racist. Republicans are so upset that state Rep. Valdenia Winn described a bill repealing in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants as racist and supported by "racist bigots" that they are bringing Winn before a
special investigative committee next week:
Irigonegaray, Winn’s lawyer, said that the committee chair, Rep. Erin Davis (R), told him Wednesday that he would not be able to offer her counsel during the hearing. Democrats have also taken issue with the fact that two of the three Republicans on the committee are lawyers while no lawyers are represented among the Democrats, as selected by the House Speaker Ray Merrick (R). [...]
[Minority Leader Tom] Burrough's spokeswoman, Abbie Hodgson, said this was only the fourth time in state history a committee of this nature had been called.
The committee could recommend the censure, reprimand or expulsion of Winn -- which would then be advanced to a House vote where a two-thirds majority is required to act -- or do nothing. If the committee is deadlocked on party lines, the speaker could still bring the matter to the House floor, according to those involved in the process.
Welcome to the United States of America, 2015, where the only racist you're allowed to call a racist is one who says he killed people because he wanted to start a race war. Wanting to legislate discrimination is just not racist enough—call it that, and you will pay.
For more background, check out Chris Reeves' coverage of this story.