A mother whose adult son was stabbed to death in Harlem lashed out at a Democratic congressman on Monday for insulting her intelligence by talking about Donald Trump instead of the city\u2019s crime problem.
\u201cYou\u2019re trying to insult me like I\u2019m not aware of what\u2019s going on. I\u2019m fully aware of what\u2019s going on here! That\u2019s why I walked away from the plantation of the Democratic Party,\u201d fumed Madeline Brame, a Black woman whose tragic loss of her son drove her to become the leader of the group Victims Rights Reform.
The target of her wrath was Rep. Dan Goldman, a New York Democrat who attempted to dismiss a House Judiciary Committee field hearing about crime in the city as a \u201ccharade\u201d to help Mr. Trump.
Ms. Brame, a witness at the hearing, said the only ones talking about Mr. Trump were the Democrats on the panel.
\u201cYour experiences are devastating,\u201d Mr. Goldman responded, \u201cbut the problem is this is a charade to cover up for an abuse of power that [Republians] are going around talking incessantly outside of this hearing about Donald Trump. The purpose of this hearing is to cover up for what they know to be an inappropriate investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n