House passes bill making lynching a federal hate crime

[demmiblue]

Source: The Hill

The House passed legislation on Monday that would classify lynching as a federal hate crime.

Lawmakers easily passed the bill, which is named after Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American boy who was lynched in 1955, on a 422-3 vote.

While the bill sailed through with bipartisan support, three Republicans — Reps. Andrew Clyde (Ga.), Thomas Massie (Ky.) and Chip Roy (Texas) — voted against it.

The legislation's passage comes more than 120 years after the first federal anti-lynching legislation was introduced by then-Rep. George Henry White, who was the only Black member of Congress at that time.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/596219-house-passes-bill-making-lynching-a-federal-hate-crime

[I_UndergroundPanther]

1. Finally

Took way too long to get done IMHO.

[left-of-center2012]

2. Were there any excuses for the no votes

[C Moon]

8. Right? What's with that?!

[Evolve Dammit]

3. Should have happened 50 years ago. Or more.

[ripcord]

5. FDR killed an attempt at anti-lynching legislation lead by Eleanor in the late 1930s

He was worried that he would get no support from southern democrats if the law passed. She on the other hand was a member of the NAACP and saw no reason not to outlaw lynching.

[Evolve Dammit]

9. Eleanor would have made a better President

[ripcord]

15. I'm pretty sure she wouldn't have put American citizens in concentration camps. nt

[oldsoftie]

4. How would it NOT already fall under any existing hate crime law?

[live love laugh]

13. ✓+

[Jose Garcia]

14. It already does

[sakabatou]

6. Now to see what the Senate will do.

[The Jungle 1]

10. Here are the names of the three maggots.

Andrew S. Clyde (GA), Thomas Massie (KY) and Chip Roy (TX).
I hope you pukes shit the bed and roll in it.

[kwolf68]

11. Massie I get I guess

He is a rabid Libertarian and they like no laws.

Rest assured many Republicans probably hated to vote for this law, but man how could you not? What's the big deal if you vote for it? Which leaves me to wonder how insane those other 2 people are.

[lagomorph777]

12. Manchin's gonna be in a bind.