A preacher with a history of controversial statements slammed “White rage” and Republicans at a rally attended by several progressive Democrats on Wednesday.
The Rev. George C. Gilbert, Jr., founder of the Center for Racial Equity and Justice, made the remarks at a rally in favor of the For the People Act, a Democratic-backed bill in the House that scholars say raises First Amendment concerns.
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Gilbert invoked the history of American slavery in warning that “every time we come to a place of progress,…