Burnt Orange Report - Where do Cornyn and Hutchison stand on lynching?
Burnt Orange Report - Where do Cornyn and Hutchison stand on lynching?: "Neither Senator from Texas is one of the 78
cosponsors of the Landrieu-Allen resolution apologizing for the Senate's unwillingness to pass an anti-lynching law in the middle part of the last century. At the time of the vote, at least twelve Senators (not known which) were reportedly opposed to the apology.
So where, exactly, do our Senators stand? If the two senators from Texas couldn't find the moral courage to stand with the overwhelming majority of their peers in casting a symbolic vote against hate seven years to the week after the death of James Byrd, Jr. in Jasper County, then why should they deserve anybody's vote?"
cosponsors of the Landrieu-Allen resolution apologizing for the Senate's unwillingness to pass an anti-lynching law in the middle part of the last century. At the time of the vote, at least twelve Senators (not known which) were reportedly opposed to the apology.
So where, exactly, do our Senators stand? If the two senators from Texas couldn't find the moral courage to stand with the overwhelming majority of their peers in casting a symbolic vote against hate seven years to the week after the death of James Byrd, Jr. in Jasper County, then why should they deserve anybody's vote?"
posted by Unknown at 7:07 AM
1 Comments:
The vote was unanimous; it's been passed. The Senate has apologized for the filibusters of southern Democrats. It's time to move on.
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