Rep. Pressley: Despite Progress, Blacks ‘Treated Like Second Class Citizens,’ Targeted for ‘Existing as Black’

Freshman Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) used her time to question a panel of witnesses at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties hearing on Wednesday as an opportunity to slam the country and President Donald Trump, blaming him for the alleged rise of white supremacy and claiming that blacks are treated “like second class citizens” in the United States.