Biden signs bill making lynching a federal hate crime
Yay, but how was lynching not a federal hate crime already? Forgive my ignorance, but how'd we let this go so long?
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Diotrephes · 70-79, M
Since 1901 there have been over 240 anti-lynching bills introduced in Congress. Before the current bill finally became law Kamala Harris had introduced a bill in the Senate that was unanimously approved and sent to the House that same day. Pelosi killed it.
The US has failed to pass anti-lynching laws 240 times. This is all of them. *The article is over 2 years old*
https://qz.com/1322702/the-us-has-tried-to-pass-anti-lynching-laws-240-times-and-failed-every-single-time/
The US has failed to pass anti-lynching laws 240 times. This is all of them. *The article is over 2 years old*
https://qz.com/1322702/the-us-has-tried-to-pass-anti-lynching-laws-240-times-and-failed-every-single-time/
@Diotrephes thank you for the link . i did not see anything about pelosi killing the bill.
so please send me a link to that . she is a democrat so i dont think so.
so please send me a link to that . she is a democrat so i dont think so.
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@markansas
This is the backstory -
It is confusing since it was passed by the Senate and the House didn't take action and then it went back to the Senate and so forth.
Senate passes anti-lynching bill in renewed effort to make it a federal hate crime February 14, 2019
"The Senate passed the legislation from California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris, New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker and South Carolina GOP Sen. Tim Scott last year, but the House never took up the measure. On Thursday, the Senate again passed the bill via unanimous consent.
If signed into law, the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act would outline the specific killing of lynching, noting its violent and racist legacy, and add it to the federal list of hate crimes. As Booker’s office noted Thursday, the vote followed more than a century of efforts to outlaw lynching that have failed to pass.
Following Thursday’s unanimous vote in the Senate, the bill would then go to the House before President Donald Trump can sign it into law."
Kamala Harris: 'Insulting' Rand Paul held up anti-lynching bill on day of George Floyd funeral 06/08/20
“It’s insulting,” Harris said Monday on “The View” when asked about Paul holding up the bill last week.
“It has been over 100 years that people have been trying to pass in the United States Senate, in the United States Congress, an anti-lynching bill I felt very strongly about,” Harris added.
“What Rand Paul is doing, which is one man holding up what would be a historic bill recognizing one of the great sins of America — and it was on the day of George Floyd's funeral which just added insult to injury and frankly made it so painful that on that day that's what was happening,” she said."
Notice that the Senate had passed Harris' bill unanimously (including Rand Paul) and sent it to Pelosi. She killed it by not putting it on the agenda. That gave the Jim Crow time to regroup and find a villain who would kill the next bill. That's where Rand Paul came in.
This is the backstory -
It is confusing since it was passed by the Senate and the House didn't take action and then it went back to the Senate and so forth.
Senate passes anti-lynching bill in renewed effort to make it a federal hate crime February 14, 2019
"The Senate passed the legislation from California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris, New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker and South Carolina GOP Sen. Tim Scott last year, but the House never took up the measure. On Thursday, the Senate again passed the bill via unanimous consent.
If signed into law, the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act would outline the specific killing of lynching, noting its violent and racist legacy, and add it to the federal list of hate crimes. As Booker’s office noted Thursday, the vote followed more than a century of efforts to outlaw lynching that have failed to pass.
Following Thursday’s unanimous vote in the Senate, the bill would then go to the House before President Donald Trump can sign it into law."
Kamala Harris: 'Insulting' Rand Paul held up anti-lynching bill on day of George Floyd funeral 06/08/20
“It’s insulting,” Harris said Monday on “The View” when asked about Paul holding up the bill last week.
“It has been over 100 years that people have been trying to pass in the United States Senate, in the United States Congress, an anti-lynching bill I felt very strongly about,” Harris added.
“What Rand Paul is doing, which is one man holding up what would be a historic bill recognizing one of the great sins of America — and it was on the day of George Floyd's funeral which just added insult to injury and frankly made it so painful that on that day that's what was happening,” she said."
Notice that the Senate had passed Harris' bill unanimously (including Rand Paul) and sent it to Pelosi. She killed it by not putting it on the agenda. That gave the Jim Crow time to regroup and find a villain who would kill the next bill. That's where Rand Paul came in.
@Diotrephes i am glad i am not there . even your story confused me. politics and bills put into other bills as riders. should be done one bill at a time and not grouped .
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@markansas The Congress Critters love to play games. When dealing with social issues that expand freedom they only act when they have to. So, they might pass a bill in one chamber and kill it in the other one. It is all part of the game. The citizens rarely get pissed off enough to stage mass protests and riot.
@Diotrephes dont say just congress its both houses. .
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@markansas Per the constitution, Congress consists of both Houses. The dummy who wrote it should have used the word Chamber instead of the word House because the Senate is referred to as the Senate and not the House of the Senate, like the House of Representatives is referred to.