Caucus That Claims Congress Is Silencing Black Voices Silences Black Voices
24th May 2026
The Congressional Black Caucus, which frequently complains that Congress is silencing black voices, has denied the application of four congressional black voices.
The four black members of Congress include Reps. Burgess Owens, R-Utah; Wesley Hunt, R-Texas; Byron Donalds, R-Fla.; and John James, R-Mich.
“Unfortunately, for the Left, their priorities are power and profit” Owens told the Daily Signal.
Owens and Donalds pushed to rename the Capitol’s press gallery after civil rights icon Frederick Douglass, a Republican, but caucus members refused to co-sponsor the resolution.
The CBC has never ever allowed a black Republican Congressman in. In their view, the only black Congressman is a Democrat Congressman.