Reaction to Rep. Eli Crane's use of the term "colored people" during a House floor debate included "utter shock" and calling it a "dog whistle to white nationalists." What it did not include was much defense for the Oro Valley GOP freshman, who said he misspoke.
talking to constituents with the black caucus institute about the issues that matter from voting rights to the courts to our schools. but what that member did, representative crane from arizona, was unbecoming, it was unprofessionalal, it was insensitive. the word itself has vestiges of racism. for that word to be used on the house floor in 2023 is unconscionable. while he may have publicly acknowledged his error, he still has not personally apologized to the member of representative joyce beaty that it was directed toward. and representative crane and people like senator tuberville have proven time and time again why the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion training is actually needed in this moment. as secretary lloyd austin said
Oro Valley Republican Rep. Eli Crane said he misspoke when he said "colored people" in House debate. The usage was condemned by Tucson Democratic Rep. Raúl Grijalva and others.
miller says of the nine full-time maternal fetal medicine physicians in the state, five of them will have left by the end of this year. keep in mind, these are the doctors who deal with the most significant pregnancy complications. souza is the chief physician executive at st. luke s hospital. we re at the beginning of the collapse of an entire system of care. if the momentum doesn t shift and we continue to pull planks out of the jenga tower of this system of care, there s no question that there will be bad perinatal outcomes for moms and babies. reporter: i spoke with idaho representative crane, key to negotiations in getting this new law passed. he told me that this is still a work in progress, this is not a silver bullet piece of legislation, as he put it, there s still much more work to do. but beyond these new abortion restrictions, this summer the