Idiots of the Week: 4 Congressmen Vote Against Anti-Lynching Bill

1 of the 4 IDIOTS - Louie Gohmert of Texas

There are 4 idiots of the week! They are 4 Congressmen who voted against an anti-lynching bill. Yes, they are all white men, and all Republicans. Yes, they're racist.



Who voted against the anti-lynching bill? These Florida, Kentucky and Texas lawmakers
BY SUMMER LIN
Miami Herald. FEBRUARY 26, 2020 10:15 PM

After more than 100 years of trying to get through Congress, an anti-lynching bill that makes it a federal crime passed in the U.S, House on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020.

Who are the Idiots?:  Four lawmakers — Reps. Louie Gohmert of Texas, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Ted Yoho of Florida and Justin Amash of Michigan — voted against the measure, which passed 410-4, according to NPR.

The Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act was introduced to the House by Rep. Bobby Rush, a Democrat from Illinois, according to The New York Times. Till was lynched when he was 14 years old in 1955, allegedly after his whistled at a white woman in Mississippi.