Clyburn: Benghazi Committee ‘Same Kind of Thing’ that Led to End of Reconstruction

Rep. Clyburn: Benghazi Committee ‘Same Kind of Thing’ That Led to End of Reconstruction (Mediaite)

Representative James Clyburn (D-SC) toldNewsOne Now host Roland Martin Wednesday evening that the recently-announced Benghazi select committee, which just gained five Democratic members, was redolent of the efforts to intimidate black politicians during the Reconstruction.

“I seem to remember our history,” Clyburn said. “After reconstruction, when people of color gained political presence throughout the south, they drummed up all kinds of things, indictments and accusations, they drove these people out of the south. Some went to Chicago, some came here to Washington D.C. And I see the same kind of efforts to discredit this president and this administration.”