Republican Lawmaker Loses Staff And Committee Assignment After Sharing Racist Post Online

Essence Magazine:

By Melissa Noel ·Updated February 15, 2024

After posting an image of a racist ideology on social media this week, a Republican lawmaker in Michigan has lost his committee assignment and staff.

Representative Josh Schriver, who is white, recently posted “The great replacement!” along with a map of the world with Black figures outnumbering white figures on X, according to The Associated Press

The conspiracy theory contends that there’s a plot to diminish the

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