Congresswomen Call for Firing of L.A. Radio Host Who Called a U.S. Rep. "Whore"
The campaign to censure a Los Angeles radio host who called a congresswoman "whore" on-air continued to gain momentum this week as two of her fellow United States representatives joined in.
Speaking on KJLH-FM with Dominique DiPrima, U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters of southern Los Angeles County said over the weekend that she has brought KFI AM 640 host Bill Handel's denigration of a fellow African-American congresswoman to the attention of the Congressional Black Caucus.
"We think this name-calling is undermining and disparaging of black women," she said. The politician added that remarks like this have been "escalated under the leadership of this president."
On Oct. 20, Handel called U.S. Rep. Frederica S. Wilson "a cheap sleazy Democrat whore." While those remarks were scrubbed from a podcast version of the show, Handel later clarified that he should have said "media whore." All the comments were recorded by Los Angeles political commentator and journalist Jasmyne Cannick.
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