“That’s a racist term. We looked it up in the dictionary because I had never heard of an empty barrel. And I don’t like to be dragged into something like that.” -Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson
Can someone explain how it's a racist term? The ONLY thing I've been able to find is that it's supposed to be "empty vessel" and because he used the term "barrel" that maybe it was homage to an old game "Barrel of Monkeys"