Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands) on Wednesday blasted Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) for saying on the House floor that Black Lives Matter “doesn't like the old-fashioned family” and called for his remarks to be stricken from the record.
During debate on Democrats' sweeping $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, Grothman took aim at what he says is a marriage penalty in the expansion of the earned income tax credit, pointing to the Black Lives Matter movement while making his case against the bill.
“First, one of the things that hasn't been mentioned, the increase in the earned income tax credit for single people has a marriage penalty in it. I bring it up because I know the strength that Black Lives Matter had in this last election. I know it's a group that doesn't like the old-fashioned family — disturbed that we have another program here in which we're increasing the marriage penalty,” he said on the floor.
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