MK Ram Ben Barak (Blue and White) has responded to a report that he called Likud voters "blacks", saying, "The things I said at the Shabbat culture event had one and only intention - [to say] the choice between Likud and Blue and White is a choice between a dark and divisive leadership and a proper and unified leadership that will restore the light and hope to the citizens of Israel."
Ben Barak concluded, "Any other interpretation is a distortion. The tweeters who are now jumping are asking for one thing - to continue to spread hatred in the people for the sake of narrow political needs."