Democrats say Republican lawmaker must resign for agreeing with 'cotton-picking' remark [View all]

By Kanishka Singh

WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Jen Kiggans faced calls from Democrats to resign for agreeing with a radio host after he said Democratic lawmaker Hakeem Jeffries should ‌get his "cotton-picking hands off of Virginia."

Kiggans later said she was agreeing with the host that Jeffries, who ‌is the House of Representatives minority leader and the first Black American to lead a party in Congress, should stay out of Virginia ​politics and that she did not condone the host's language.

"If Hakeem Jeffries wants to be involved in Virginia politics, then I suggest he does what a bunch of New Yorkers are doing. Leave New York, move down here to Virginia. Run for office down here, you can represent us. If not, get your cotton-picking hands off of Virginia," ‌conservative radio host Rich Herrera said on "Richmond's ⁠Morning News."

"That's right. Ditto, yes, yes to that," Kiggans, who represents Virginia's 2nd Congressional District, replied during the interview.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/democrats-republican-lawmaker-must-resign-025347660.html

To be honest that's the first time I've heard the term "cotton picking hands" in ages.