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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRand Paul holds up anti-lynching legislation as he seeks changes to bill
FUCK THIS GUY(CNN)Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said Wednesday he is holding up popular bipartisan legislation to make lynching a federal crime, a long-sought goal of supporters that is acutely relevant now against the backdrop of nationwide protests against police mistreatment of African Americans.
"We want the bill to be stronger," Paul told reporters on Capitol Hill. "We think that lynching is an awful thing that should be roundly condemned and should be universally condemned."
He addressed the problems he sees with the bill, which passed the House in February on a 410-4 vote and that Senate supporters hoped to pass by unanimous consent until he objected.
"I don't think it's a good idea to conflate someone who has an altercation, where they had minor bruises, with lynching. We think that's a disservice to those who were lynched in our history, who continue to have, we continue to have these problems. And I think it's a disservice to have a new 10-year penalty for people who have minor bruising. We've tried to exclude that part from the bill, and we've been working with the authors to try to make the bill better," Paul said.
"We want the bill to be stronger," Paul told reporters on Capitol Hill. "We think that lynching is an awful thing that should be roundly condemned and should be universally condemned."
He addressed the problems he sees with the bill, which passed the House in February on a 410-4 vote and that Senate supporters hoped to pass by unanimous consent until he objected.
"I don't think it's a good idea to conflate someone who has an altercation, where they had minor bruises, with lynching. We think that's a disservice to those who were lynched in our history, who continue to have, we continue to have these problems. And I think it's a disservice to have a new 10-year penalty for people who have minor bruising. We've tried to exclude that part from the bill, and we've been working with the authors to try to make the bill better," Paul said.
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Rand Paul holds up anti-lynching legislation as he seeks changes to bill (Original Post)
spanone
Jun 2020
OP
"We think that lynching is an awful thing that should be roundly condemned and...
Maxheader
Jun 2020
#7
AllaN01Bear
(18,159 posts)1. dump this chump
leftieNanner
(15,082 posts)2. Oh. Another attempt to grab some screen time
Fuck you Rand Paul
Hassler
(3,376 posts)3. Yet again, Ayn Paul wants some money for his vote.
Dagstead Bumwood
(3,623 posts)4. Is it wrong to hope
that his neighbor stops by and finishes him off? Yeah, I didn't think so either.
world wide wally
(21,740 posts)5. "Minor bruising from a near lynching"?
spanone
(135,823 posts)10. yes, that stood out to me too.
Raster
(20,998 posts)6. I fully understand wanting to kick Paul's ass over shrubbery.
Maxheader
(4,372 posts)7. "We think that lynching is an awful thing that should be roundly condemned and...
universally condemned."
is universally condemned better than roundly condemned..puddin cup?
Brother Mythos
(1,442 posts)8. With current US senators like Ayn Paul and Moscow Mitch ...
it's really hard for me to believe that Kentucky was only a "Border State" during the Civil War.
malaise
(268,931 posts)9. A detestable creep