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PunkinPi

(4,878 posts) Thu Dec 20, 2018, 10:52 AM Dec 2018

The moment when the Senate agreed unanimously to make lynching a federal crime for the first time

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The moment when the United States Senate agreed unanimously to make lynching a federal crime for the first time. History.

This moment made even more wonderful because Cindy Hyde-Smith was the one presiding (Ms. "If he invited me to a public hanging, I'd be on the front" ) -- karma!

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The moment when the Senate agreed unanimously to make lynching a federal crime for the first time (Original Post) PunkinPi Dec 2018 OP

A little applause or something along that line would have been nice. Oh well. n/t monmouth4 Dec 2018 #1

monmouth4

(9,710 posts)

1. A little applause or something along that line would have been nice. Oh well. n/t

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Thu Dec 20, 2018, 02:04 PM

Dec 2018

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