Three cheers for the man acting as Commander-In-Chief (“Joe Biden signs bill making lynching a federal hate crime” March 3 edition of the Daily Journal).
He could have also done this in his 36-year career as a legislator, but for some reason he waited until 2022. Meanwhile, the last known lynching in the USA was in 1946.
Next thing you know, he’s going to outlaw slavery. He’s doing one hell of a job.
Chris: You have the digits mixed up: The last recorded lynchings occurred in 1964, not 1946! And, who knows, it could happen again, the way things are going, so about time we got a law against this horrible crime!
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Chris: You have the digits mixed up: The last recorded lynchings occurred in 1964, not 1946! And, who knows, it could happen again, the way things are going, so about time we got a law against this horrible crime!
You are wrong Jorg - there was a lynching last year in Chicago, just ask Jussie Smollett.
OK, Dirk, I stand corrected and realize I need to pay closer attention to the more important events!
Hello, Jorg
I think you are on the right track. Michael Donald was lynched in 1981 in Alabama.
Thanks, Ray, for filling me in on just another horrible act I wasn't aware of! No end to it, it seems.
Chris, we all know Biden is cognitively-challenged, so… perhaps Biden doesn’t remember he was a 36-year career legislator?
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