11-06-2020 23:08 via news.yahoo.com

Legislator's comments about black people, hygiene draw fury

A Republican lawmaker questioned on the Ohio Senate floor if “the colored population” is contracting coronavirus at disproportionate rates because they do not wash their hands “as well as other groups.”The American Civil Liberties Union called for state Sen. Steve Huffman to step down from office Thursday following his comments that were made during a hearing for a resolution to declare racism a public health crisis.Huffman, who is also a Dayton-area emergency room physic
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