‘Happy Pride. Now, abolish the damn filibuster and pass the Equality Act,’ tweeted Rep. Mondaire Jones.

Rep. Mondaire Jones slammed racist comments from Republicans suggesting the district wasn’t ‘working class’ enough to be a state, among other things.

It’s the South Carolina Republican’s latest argument against granting nearly three-quarters of a million voters representation in Congress.

‘This is no different than attorneys in the Jim Crow-era striking Black jurors so that they could try Black defendants with all-white juries,’ said Rep. Mondaire Jones, who introduced the legislation.

Democratic candidates made history on Tuesday.

Also: Florida Democrats gain a vote-by-mail advantage, and Rhode Island removes the part of its name associated with slavery.