Republican Hit With Calls to Resign After Shocking Radio Interview

Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images A two-term Republican congresswoman is shrugging off pressure to step down after she audibly endorsed a radio host’s racially loaded jab at the House’s top Black lawmaker. Jen Kiggans, who has represented Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District since 2023, wrapped up a Monday appearance on local station WRVA’s Richmond’s Morning News by listening in as host Rich Herrera laid into House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for backing efforts to redraw Virginia’s voting map. Herrera urged the New York Democrat to relocate south and seek office in the commonwealth himself, capping off his tirade: “If not, get your cotton-picking hands off of Virginia.” Kiggans replied: “That’s right, ditto. Yes, yes to that.” Read more at The Daily Beast.

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