Black Caucus Gives Fashioned Response to Trump in the Form of African Attire

Though there were many protest events in response to Donald Trump’s first State of the Union, members of the Congressional Black Caucus perhaps won their greatest victory by showing up. Seated together and being seen on national TV wearing kente cloth over a two hour period was perhaps a larger victory than not attending at all. Member on the House floor during Trump’s lengthy speech sported kente ties, cloth, pocket squares, and even bowties, included CBC Chairman Cedric Richmond (D-La.), Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Brenda Lawrence (D-Mich.), G.K. Butterfield (D-NC), Bobby Scott (D-Va.), Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Jim Clyburn (D-SC), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Andre Carson (D-Ind.), Gwen Moore (D-Wisc.), Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) and Marc Veasey (D-Texas), who wore a large kente fabric over his right shoulder like so many other members.