Cedric Richmond

A petition is aiming to change the United States' national anthem from "The Star-Spangled Banner" to "America the Beautiful. " The Change. org petition is directed at Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA), chairman of the Congressional Black Cau...

The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Wednesday with 3 DOJ whistleblowers (and one GOP loving non-DOJ person lawyer) to talk about Bill Barr's politicization and corruption of the Department of Justice in decisions to investigate (or not inv...

Cedric Richmond is an able politician who can go toe to toe with the fiercest of adversaries. The Democratic U.S. representative from New Orleans is not known, though, as one...

As House and Senate move towards vote on police reform bills, Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.) says he would not vote for the "watered down" Senate Republican police reform bill....

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz introduced a Cuban-born teenager who he raised as a son, following a fiery personal debate on race with Rep. Cedric Richmond. "For all those wondering, this is my son Nestor," Gaetz tweeted Thursday. "We share no blood ...

"By the time I'm finished, you will be clear that we're not 'good friends.'" And just like that, Rep. Cedric L. Richmond defied the one remaining illusion of bipartisanship left at the Capitol. They're not all "good friends...

The day after an intense exchange with Congressman Cedric Richmond (D-LA) about raising children of color, Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) revealed that he has been raising an adopted son from Cuba for about the last six years — a fact he suggests may...

The Florida Republican revealed he raised a teenage boy after a heated exchange with Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.), who said the white lawmakers couldn't understand the worries of a person of color....

Earlier today Democrat lawmaker Cedric Richmond (D-LA) hurled racist insults at Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and his son during a House Judiciary Committee hearing. During the hearing Democrat Richmond attacked Republican lawmakers in the room who "have nev...

Today, following a testy exchange with Representative Cedric Richmond over police reform and race, Florida man Matt Gaetz has revealed the existence of a previously secret Cuban son, a truthful if stunningly opportunistic disclosure....

Gaetz and Rep. Cedric Richmond sparred over whether white Republicans could understand the black male experience....

On Thursday, just a day after being publicly shamed by Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA) for making a "mockery" of the pain felt by the Black community, Rep. Matt Gaetz posted a picture of himself with Nestor Galban, a young man from Cuba who Gaetz intr...

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., surprised social media users Thursday by revealing he has an adopted Cuban son after a fiery exchange with Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., a day earlier where Gaetz accused Richmond of suggesting Republicans do not know what it's...

Richmond sparred with Matt Gaetz and other Republicans as they debated the House bill....

On Wednesday, Democratic officials on the House Judiciary Committee put forth legislation to reform policing practices. The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act is an attempt by elected officials to address the demands of citizens across the country to fi...

Rep. Matt Gaetz and Rep. Cedric Richmond got into a heated argument that turned personal during a hearing Wednesday on police reform. The fiery exchange between the two lawmakers came as House Judiciary Committee members heard arguments about designating ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. (WDSU) — A heated exchange was had between Rep. Cedric Richmond and Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz Wednesday during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. Richmond opened up his statement saying he...

Earlier Wednesday the House Judiciary Committee marked up the Justice and Policing Act before sending it to the full House of Representatives for a vote. As usual, the Republicans on the committee tried to turn it into a farcical adventure. Republican mem...

Matt Gaetzhad the tense exchange with Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA) while the Democrat offered comments on the Justice in Policing Act...

Representatives Cedric Richmond and Matt Gaetz got into a fiery debate during a House Judiciary Committee on police reform....

Democrat Cedric Richmond & Republican Matt Gaetz got into a fiery exchange over race at Wednesday's Judiciary Committee hearing on police reform....

Tensions flared between Reps. Cedric Richmond (D-La.) and Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) Wednesday at the House Judiciary Committee hearing on police reform....

Louisiana Representative Cedric Richmond got into a heated exchange with Florida Representative Matt Gaetz during a house judiciary committee meeting on police reform....

A House Judiciary Committee hearing on a police reform bill on Wednesday erupted into a shouting match over race between Reps. Cedric Richmond and Matt Gaetz....

"You all are white men who have never lived in my shoes and you do not know what it is like to be an African American male," said Rep. Cedric Richmond, who rejected GOP amendments to a police reform bill....

A heated exchange was had between Rep. Cedric Richmond and Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz Wednesday during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act....

Reps. Cedric Richmond, D-La., and Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., got into a fiery back-and-forth when the House Judiciary Committee met on Wednesday to markup the police reform bill....

A House Judiciary Committee hearing on police reform flew off the rails when Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz and Louisiana Rep. Cedric Richmond had a shouting match. After Richmond discussed the injustice that that Black people like him and his son face, Gaetz in...

A House Judiciary Committee hearing on police reform flew off the rails on Wednesday when two lawmakers, Democratic Rep. Cedric Richmond of Louisiana and Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, flew into a shouting match....

The House chambers got beyond heated when Gaetz took offense to Richmond suggesting Republicans do not know what it's like to fear for a Black son....

During a hearing on police reform this Wednesday, things got heated as Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA) recounted his experience with the police as a black male. He chided his colleagues continuing to introduce amendments that amount to a "tangent and a di...

Representative Cedric Richmond (D-LA) on Thursday said he would like to be on the...

A Louisiana Democrat denounced President Donald Trump as "racist" for his public support for the lost cause of the Confederacy. Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA) appeared Thursday on CNN's "New Day," where he told the hosts that the presiden...