The second-term member who represents Long Beach said she spoke up at the weekly caucus meeting that same day because "leadership didn't say something strong" about "what they were going to do" in response to Wilson's outburst.
It was "the elephant in the room that we had not dealt with," and "I didn't think it was OK to think it would go away," she said yesterday in a telephone interview after the House vote.
During her behind-closed-doors speech to House colleagues, Richardson recalls saying that "this country has taken on a display of hate, a display of rage a display of unwillingness to even consider and be open to change."
Richardson said she was concerned that Wilson's outburst showed "we have crossed the line of it becoming dangerous if we as members are going to scream at one another."
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