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December 20, 2018

Senate Votes to Make Lynching a Federal Crime
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The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved a bill to make lynching a
federal crime. It was sponsored by the Senate's three African American
members, Kamala Harris, Cory Booker and Tim Scott. Newly elected
Mississippi Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith presided over the vote.
Last month, Hyde-Smith came under fire after she made the campaign-stop
remark, "If he invited me to a public hanging, I'd be on the front row."
She was referring to a supporter.


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