'Utterly worthless': Rep. Chip Roy rips Senate Republicans for passing hate crime bill
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Chip Roy called Senate Republicans “utterly worthless” and “an absolute embarrassment” for helping pass a bill aimed at quelling a growing number of hate crimes against Asian Americans during the pandemic.
The bill, which would create a position at the Justice Department to oversee prosecution of hate crimes related to the pandemic and expand avenues to report such incidents, drew the support of nearly every Republican in the Senate, including two of Roy’s former bosses — U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn.