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A resolution denouncing neo-Nazis dies in 36 seconds March 16, 2018 3:08 pm RL

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/16/politics/tennessee-white-nationalist-resolution-trnd/index.html

It sounds like the kind of legislation that should easily breeze through a statehouse, even in these politically divided times: a resolution denouncing white nationalists and neo-Nazis.

It didn’t even make it out of committee in the Tennessee legislature.
The resolution was written by Tennessee Democratic state Rep. John Ray Clemmons. It doesn’t name any particular group. It calls on law enforcement to go after white nationalists and Neo-Nazi groups with the same “fervor” as other forms of terrorism.
“[W]e urge law enforcement to recognize these white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups as terrorist organizations and to pursue the criminal elements of these domestic terrorist organizations in the same manner and with the same fervor used to protect the United States from other manifestations of terrorism.”
But when it came up Wednesday before the House State Government Subcommittee, it died a quick death. How quick? About 36 seconds.
As Clemmons started to talk about the bill, the sole Democrat on the five-member committee motioned to have it discussed.
No one on the committee spoke up. The committee chair, Republican state Rep. Bill Sanderson, then gaveled the resolution dead
And with that the committee moved on to the next item on its agenda.
Because the resolution didn’t get a second motion to proceed, it means it won’t make it to a vote by the full legislature.

And THAT is what the GOP stands for, folks…cowardice and complicity.

  • I remember when the ACLU defended the KKK's 1st Amendment rights. You people are the true fascists. by RobVG 2018-03-16 20:03:20
    • That's why they're called The American Civil Liberties Union. by hank 2018-03-16 20:38:21
      • He apparently thinks 'freedom of speech' means... by RL 2018-03-16 21:06:05
        • Read your Mark Twain--The Duke and the Dauphin in "Huckleberry Finn." by hank 2018-03-16 21:25:29
          • I think the tar is almost at the right temperature- did you bring the feathers? by RL 2018-03-16 21:44:58
            • Maybe that's a bit harsh, isn't it? by hank 2018-03-17 05:45:02
              • You are right... by RL 2018-03-19 15:26:44
      • Ahhh, its friday night, and we know what THAT means where Rob is concerned... by RL 2018-03-16 20:16:54
        • Funny thing about the left wing terrorists. by hank 2018-03-16 20:46:06
      • "...cowardice and complicity..." by hank 2018-03-16 17:51:57
        • I considered adding "collusion", but... by RL 2018-03-16 19:18:02
          • Amazing, astounding, atcetera. by hank 2018-03-16 20:46:52

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