On Capitol Hill, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty says Republican Congressmember Hal Rogers poked her in the back and said “Kiss my ass” after she asked him to wear a mask aboard the Capitol building’s subway system. Beatty said Wednesday she had accepted Rogers’s public apology, but said she felt she might have been treated differently if she were not a Black woman.
GOP Rep. Hal Rogers Apologizes for Telling Black Caucus Chair Rep. Joyce Beatty, “Kiss My Ass”
HeadlineFeb 10, 2022