Congresswoman writes powerful statement after racist Zoom harassment incident

Connecticut's first black congresswoman has responded to racial harassment directed at her after someone disrupted her Zoom call.

Rep. Jahana Hayes, a Democrat, was interrupted on her Zoom call on Monday. She said she was holding a meeting with residents of Newtown about her re-election campaign.

At some point, a group of individuals entered the Zoom call and began harassing her by playing "derogatory music" and leaving racist messages in the text chat.

One user wrote "shut up n***** go pick your cotton," over and over again.