Mr. Barnes praised the censure vote and said it had strengthened calls for her resignation from the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland and the Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus. After the censure vote, he said he also removed her from the House Economic Matters Committee. “As speaker, I will not allow this House to be torn apart by hurtful and divisive slurs,” he said in a statement Thursday night. When The Post initially questioned her about the episode, she said she did not recall using the slur. “I’m sure everyone has used it,” she told The Post in an article published Monday.

Source: New York Times February 28, 2019 19:52 UTC