Breitbart: Georgia State Rep. Vernon Jones (D) will introduce legislation next week classifying attacks on President Trump’s supporters as hate crimes.
“I’ve watched countless videos of Trump supporters getting attacked in the streets simply due to their support of @realDonaldTrump,” the representative tweeted on Tuesday:
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.122K2:42 PM – Jun 9, 2020
Since September 2015, there have been 334 reported hate crimes against the president’s supporters, according to a Breitbart News article dated March 2019.
“These reported crimes include physical assaults, vandalism, and the encouraging of violence against individuals and groups based only on their personal beliefs,” the report noted
Aidan Courtright, 27, was arrested on June 2 for allegedly attacking Air Force veteran Charlie Chace, 82, as he held a “Trump” sign in Fall River, Massachusetts, according to the Providence Journal.
Police said Courtright screamed at Chace to give him the sign, then took it from him and tore it in half. He then reportedly grabbed the elderly man’s shirt, knocking his hat off, and threw him on the ground.
Authorities said while he was on the ground, “Courtright kicked him in his ribs and legs before driving away.”
Following the incident, Boston-area conservative radio host Howie Carr interviewed Chace and during the show, Donald Trump, Jr. called in to speak to him. more
He better switch parties quick before the commies lynch him! That’s crazy talk for a Dem.
Rep. Jones, if I legally could, I would vote for you, sir.
It won’t work, because, reasons. But the point is, I think, that he’s making it public that people are getting harassed and beaten and this will force the left to cover this. Well played.
It’s cool, from a point of making a political statement, but I don’t think that there should be any kind of ‘protected class’.
There is no such thing as a ‘hate’ crime.
Hate is hate and crime is criminal.
As many have said before, “every crime is a hate crime”. There are laws already on the books for all these attacks against conservatives.
It seems Jones is attempting to reform the Democrat party and take it back to the Kennedy era before communism took complete control.
He can forget it. The Dems are too far gone.
While I disagree with “hate crime” legislation, this at least brings the needed attention to a huge problem.
This guy seems like an old time blue dog Democrat.