Rep. Blunt Rochester Responds to Trump's Charlottesville Comments
August 16, 2017
August 16, 2017
WILMINGTON, Del., Aug. 16 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., issued the following statement after President Trump doubled down on his comments regarding the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia:
"When I took my oath of office, I became the first person of color to ever represent the state of Delaware in Congress. That day, I carried a scarf that my sister made for me. The scarf was of a print she found when studying our family history. My great-great-great grandfather, a fo . . .
"When I took my oath of office, I became the first person of color to ever represent the state of Delaware in Congress. That day, I carried a scarf that my sister made for me. The scarf was of a print she found when studying our family history. My great-great-great grandfather, a fo . . .