WASHINGTON – In the midst of the U.S. House debate Wednesday over the $1.9 trillion stimulus plan, Wisconsin Republican Glenn Grothman said in his floor remarks that Black Lives Matter “doesn't like the old-fashioned family,” prompting an impassioned rebuke from a Democratic colleague who represents the Virgin Islands, delegate Stacey Plaskett.
Grothman, who represents Wisconsin's Sixth Congressional District, argued that the expansion of the earned income tax credit for single people contained in the bill penalizes marriage.
“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 — (I am) disturbed that we have another program here in which we're increasing the marriage penalty,” Grothman said.