RI GOP Rep Morgan's Comments "Racist," Says Black Lives Matter PAC

RI GOP Rep Morgan's Comments "Racist," Says Black Lives Matter PAC

The Black Lives Matter Rhode Island Political Action Committee (BLM RI PAC) is calling for the removal of Republican State Representative Patricia Morgan from key committees — after a Tweet she made regarding critical race theory. 

On Tuesday, Morgan Tweeted the following:

I had a black friend. I liked her and I think she liked me, too. But now she is hostile and unpleasant. I am sure I didn't do anything to her, except be white. Is that what teachers and our political leaders really want for our society?  Divide us because of our skin color? #CRT

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BLM RI PAC called the Tweet “racist” — and called on House Speaker Joseph Shekarchi to take action to remove Morgan from the committees. 

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“If Representative Patricia Morgan truly believed we shouldn’t be divided by our skin color, she wouldn’t have made this divisive of a comment, along with the many other similar comments she has made in the past,” said BLM RI PAC in a statement, adding that the comment was “offensive and deeply insulting to the Black and Brown community.”

BLM RI PAC Executive Director Harrison Tuttle is running for the Rhode Island General Assembly in 2022. 

The PAC continued with the following: 

“Not to mention the piece of legislation she introduced, that if passed, would ban Critical Race Theory in Rhode Island classrooms. Rhode Island should no longer tolerate ideologies, by any political party, that are hateful and divisive–in the media, in policy proposals, and in our everyday lives. We are disappointed to see elected officials who say they are progressive seek compromise with people who make comments like these. 

Condemnation in the media will no longer do. BLM RI PAC is calling for Representative Patricia Morgan’s immediate removal by Speaker of the House Joseph Shekarchi from the following committees–House Environment and Natural Resources Committee, House Health and Human Services Committee, House Labor Committee, and the House Municipal Government and Housing Committee. Anything less than these substantive actions is another tacit acceptance of racism from the General Assembly that can no longer be tolerated.”

Neither Morgan nor Shekarchi responded to request for comment at time of publication. 

House Minority Leader Blake Filippi also did not respond to request for comment.