'Senator Paul is now trying to weaken a bill that was already passed' In an emotional exchange on the Senate floor, Sens. Cory Booker and Kamala Harris spoke out against an amendment that GOP Sen. Rand Paul was trying to add to anti-lynching legislation.
As the memorial service for George Floyd was beginning in Minnesota, Paul, who has been holding up popular bipartisan legislation to make lynching a federal crime, came to the Senate floor in Washington to add an amendment to the anti-lynching legislation and then pass it. He argued the bill as written is overly broad and said that his amendment"would apply the criminal penalties for lynching only and not for other crimes.
"He is my friend ... but I am so raw today."America's legacy of lynching isn't all history. Many say it's still happening today"I seek to amend this legislation not because I take lynching lightly, but because I take it seriously, and this legislation does not," Paul said, arguing that"this bill would cheapen the meaning of lynching by defining it so broadly as to include a minor bruise or abrasion.
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