Posted on 06/09/2020 4:49:37 PM PDT by rickmichaels
A black, Democrat representative from Georgia has openly referred to attacks against Trump supporters as hate crimes. This comes as videos of people being beaten and assaulted because of their support for the president circulate online.
Georgia Representative Vernon Jones took to Twitter on Tuesday to express his discontent with a number of videos that have spread across social media, featuring Trump supporters being assaulted on the basis of their political ideology.
The tweet reads: "I’ve watched countless videos of Trump supporters getting attacked in the streets simply due to their support of @realDonaldTrump. Let’s call this what this is: a hate crime. And as we return to the legislature next week, I’ll be introducing legislation that’ll make it such."
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I hope he an armed guard
And who’s going to enforce it, the police? Don’t make me laugh.
At least his heart’s in the right place.
Not the sort of help we need, thanks. A free country has no need to stipulate special penalties for “thought crimes”.
I don’t care if it’s a Trump supporter or a drug addled Democrat who is being attacked, it’s the attack that’s a crime.
He’s got guts.
Darn, now I have to run out and buy a Lottery Ticket.
Tonight’s the night.
It’s a Trap!
it IS a trap.. HELL NAH!
The Dems will use this as a trap to get something completely different.
No kidding.
Something I honestly didn’t expect to ever happen.
I appreciate the sentiment but I’m still against all Hate Speech/Crime laws.
Murder with intent is murder with intent.
Assault with intent is assault with intent.
Speech is SPEECH and words never hurt anyone except soyboys.
Thank you
Can someone point out an attack against innocent people that is not based on hate?
The little cherubs were indoctrinated by parents and teachers to hate Trump supporters.
In 2015 I was harrassed with insinuations of being a _racist_ by a group of little elitist brats in the town of Spring Lake, NJ.. I’m pretty sure it was because I was wearing a Trump visor. One of the kids told the rest to knock it off.
Twitter needs to be locked up as being a biased, hateful place.
Possibly, but how is it a trap?
Its a nice gesture but an assault is a crime anyway, don’t need an extra bonus of it being a “hate crime’.
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