Mod: MO Senator Josh Hawley is best known for supporting the Crazy-Q Trump riots at the Capitol on Jan. 6. But he's not about to stop there. He has so much more misery to offer.‘Insurrectionist’ Josh Hawley slammed for being only senator to vote against COVID-19 hate crimes bill (Raw Storylink): Missouri Republican Josh Hawley just became the only U.S. Senator to vote against the COVID-19 Hate Crimes bill to protect Asian Americans. The vote was 94-1.
Bill to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans passes Senate with bipartisan support (
The Washington Postlink): The
Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation Thursday designed to more forcefully investigate hate crimes, particularly those against
Asian Americans following the March 16 shootings at three
Atlanta spas and a wave of violence following the spread of the coronavirus from
China last year.
“The vote today on the anti-Asian hate crimes bill is proof that when the Senate is given an opportunity to work, the Senate can work to solve important issues,” Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Thursday morning ahead of the vote.
The vote was 94 to 1.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) was lone no vote.
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) introduced the bill last month, officially titled the “COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act,” based on a year’s worth of rising attacks following the pandemic coming out of Wuhan, China. Five days after Hirono introduced the legislation, eight people were killed, including six women of Asian descent, in mass shootings at three Atlanta spas. The crime heightened the pressure on Congress to respond to the rise in attacks against the Asian American community.
With
Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) as the lead
House sponsor, the legislation would assign an official in the
Justice Department to review and expedite all reports of hate crimes related to the coronavirus, expand support for local and state law enforcement agencies responding to these hate crimes, and issue guidance on mitigating the use of racially discriminatory language to describe the pandemic.
Republicans at first hesitated to adopt a position on the legislation, which carefully avoids any mention of former president
Donald Trump’s comments about the “
Kung Flu” and “
the China virus” as possible inspiration for attacks on
Asian Americans— but the inference is easily understood.
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