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Related: About this forumSen Harris responds to Rand Paul blocking her anti-Lynching legislation of 2018
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Rep. Rush reintroduced the Emmett Till Antilynching Act on the 1st day of the 117th Congress.Sen. Booker, Sen. Scott and then-Senator Kamala Harris introduced anti-lynching legislation in 2018, but it was later blocked by Sen. Paul.
Watch Harris response to Paul from 2020:
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The enrolled bill was even signed by Vice President Harris (rather than Senator Leahy, who usually signs bills).
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Sen Harris responds to Rand Paul blocking her anti-Lynching legislation of 2018 (Original Post)
Budi
Mar 2022
OP
And President Biden just signed it into law, designating lynching a hate crime.
Hortensis
Mar 2022
#2
I totally understand how Paul's neighbor kicked his miserable ass. What an asshole. n/t
Evolve Dammit
Mar 2022
#5
Cha
(295,909 posts)1. Rt💕🤷♂️TY & VP Kamala Harris!
💙💛
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)2. And President Biden just signed it into law, designating lynching a hate crime.
The law follows more than 100 years and 200 failed attempts by US lawmakers to pass anti-lynching legislation.
The Emmett Till Antilynching Act is named for the black teenager whose brutal murder in Mississippi in 1955 helped spark the civil rights movement.
Perpetrators of a lynching - death or injury resulting from a hate crime - will face up to 30 years in jail.
Mr Biden said: "Thank you for never giving up, never ever giving up. Lynching was pure terror to enforce the lie that not everyone, not everyone, belongs in America, not everyone is created equal. Racial hate isn't an old problem - it's a persistent problem. Hate never goes away. It only hides."
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60679930
The Emmett Till Antilynching Act is named for the black teenager whose brutal murder in Mississippi in 1955 helped spark the civil rights movement.
Perpetrators of a lynching - death or injury resulting from a hate crime - will face up to 30 years in jail.
Mr Biden said: "Thank you for never giving up, never ever giving up. Lynching was pure terror to enforce the lie that not everyone, not everyone, belongs in America, not everyone is created equal. Racial hate isn't an old problem - it's a persistent problem. Hate never goes away. It only hides."
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60679930
Go, Dems!
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)3. Kicking for visibility
brer cat
(24,401 posts)4. Righteous rant from Kamala. She was on fire.
It's an embarrassment that it took so long to pass the legislation and have it signed.
LetMyPeopleVote
(143,999 posts)11. Watch Harris' response to Paul from 2020:
Evolve Dammit
(16,632 posts)5. I totally understand how Paul's neighbor kicked his miserable ass. What an asshole. n/t
secondwind
(16,903 posts)6. Very powerful statement by Kamala Harris.... wow
Shar blue
(3,179 posts)8. K&R. Thank you
some_of_us_are_sane
(22 posts)9. Head bowed, and applauding
When Kamala Harris has all burners flaring, she is a human comet!
BRAVO, Madamn Vice-President!
LetMyPeopleVote
(143,999 posts)10. MVP Harris makes an important point about the Black Press
TexasTowelie
(111,300 posts)12. Thanks to VP Harris,
but also a note of thanks to Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois. Sponsoring the legislation and seeing it become law is a great accomplishment.