Tennessee legislature kills resolution condemning neo-Nazis as terrorists
A Tennessee state House committee on Wednesday refused to vote on a resolution to denounce neo-Nazism, white nationalism and the alt-right as terrorist organizations.
State Rep. John Ray Clemmons (D) sponsored the resolution which went beyond condemning the movement, without naming specific groups, using "terrorism" language. It also called on law enforcement to pursue the "criminal elements" within them “with the same fervor used to protect the United States from other manifestations of terrorism."
The resolution did not get a second motion to proceed with debate during a meeting of the House State Government Committee, which means it will not make it to a vote by the full legislature. It was introduced by the committee's sole Democrat and did not have support from the Republicans.
Clemmons told the Tennessean that he was in “utter disbelief” that the resolution did not even come to a vote.
"I didn't think there was anything controversial about this resolution,” he said.
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/378476-tennessee-legislature-kills-resolution-against-neo-nazism
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