Breaking: House passes bill to make lynching a federal hate crime

[Dennis Donovan]

https://www.axios.com/lynching-federal-crime-house-passes-bill-20610fe7-53fb-42e3-a526-621457e54b3f.html

5 mins ago

Orion Rummler

The House voted 410-4 on Wednesday to pass legislation to designate lynching as a federal hate crime.

Why it matters: Congress has tried and failed for over 100 years to pass measures to make lynching a federal crime.

Catch up quick: The Emmett Till Antilynching Act follows a version of the bill that passed unanimously in the Senate last year. President Trump is expected to sign the act into law, per the New York Times.

4,075 African Americans were lynched in North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia between 1877 and 1950, according to the Equal Justice Initiative.

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[OnDoutside]

1. Who were the four ?

[G_j]

3. enquiring minds want to know

hard to believe

[OnDoutside]

4. At a stretch they were Republicans.... with Mississippi and Alabama featuring.

[Jamastiene]

9. Don't forget North Carolina.

North Carolina is rivaling the worst states lately when it comes to any form of bigotry. Check out how many people in Trump's admin and the leadership of the Republican Party are either based in NC, from NC, or once were in power here. I wish more people would check out the ties to NC by many in the white nationalist movement. It's a freaking hotbed of that crap in many areas of this state.

[OnDoutside]

10. Indeed...so many options

[HopeAgain]

6. Article lists them

Independent Rep. Justin Amash (Mich.) and three Republicans, Reps. Thomas Massie (Ky.), Ted Yoho (Fla.) and Louie Gohmert (Texas) voted against the bill.

[jpljr77]

7. I'm gonna take a wild guess that Steve King was a no on this bill. "States rights," or whatever.

[jimfields33]

12. I am stunned this hasn't been done a long time ago

And at the least in 2009 when we had everything.

[muntrv]

2. Your turn, Moscow Mitch!

[Jamastiene]

5. I hope they wait until the right time to send it to the Senate, because

the white nationalists that make up the leadership of the Senate right now will either let the bill die or reject it. I don't see Moscow Mitch ever voting for something like that.

[PJMcK]

8. Two thoughts

First, what took them so long? I mean, lynching?! It is meant to be a terroristic hate crime! Thanks, Congress.

Second, who the hell are the four that voted against it?! Well, what a surprise!

From Axios:

Independent Rep. Justin Amash (Mich.) and three Republicans, Reps. Thomas Massie (Ky.), Ted Yoho (Fla.) and Louie Gohmert (Texas) voted against the bill.

[TreasonousBastard]

11. Looks like the Senate already passed it, so now it goes to lardass who has...

no reason not to sign it.

Not really a lynching, but a proper hanging-- and the last public one in the US...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainey_Bethea

First female sheriff to oversee a hanging, drunken hangman who couldn't find the lever, thousands of people who came to watch and party... All of which made public executions shameful and revolting, but didn't do much to stop the "private" ones.

[jimfields33]

13. Reading your post just reminded why he'll sign with glee

I have accomplished something President Obama failed to do. Ugh. I know he will brag about this in that way. I’m kinda disgusted over that probability.