supremacist groups and negotiated an end to an armed standoff while wearing a bulletproof vest. gib given all of that, what is your reaction. what you cited is true. i ve seen white supremacy in action. i ve prosecuted them when they turned violent. and we put them in jail. and that is important for our society. and any time there is hate actions like it appears to be, in jacksonville yesterday, we have to make sure that that is not something that we re going to tolerate in america. and that is one of the reasons as governor i signed a law that was our first hate crime law in arkansas making sure that there was extra penalties for those that committed crimes in the name of racial hatred. and, so, whenever i hear mr. ramaswamy talk about this issue, he s not really looking at the real life in america.
be in jacksonville yesterday, we have to make sure that that s not something we re going to tolerate in america, and that s one of the reasons, as governor, i signed a law that was our first hate crime law in arkansas making sure there was extra penalties for those that committed crimes in the name of racial hatred. and so, you know, whenever i hear mr. ramaswamy talk about this issue, he s not really looking at the real-life in america and we can t move beyond that. the other thing i m concerned about is dr. king s 60th anniversary of his speech, and he was about expanding the voting base. mr. ramaswamy wants to shrink the voting base and say those that are 18 years of age to 25 can t vote, and to me, that was a totally the wrong direction to bring young people in our party and set an example of where we
Ranjeev Puri, an Indian-American legislator in United States Michigan, has introduced a bill seeking to make vandalisation or desecration of religious institutions such as temples, mosques, or Sikh Gurudwaras a hate crime.
The bill seeks to expand the definition of hate crimes to include the vandalisation of places of worship
Apart from this one, Michigan State Representative Puri has introduced several bills aimed at advancing social issues and inclusivity in the state.
families. that is a very personal decision, and opinion for each one of them, and i know that they have a variety of positions on that. so i don t pretend to speak for any of them. it s a very difficult time. they all have their own take on the death penalty. so i leave it to them to express their opinions about that and i know that there is not one specific position that they are taking. they are all taking an individual approach to this, and it s, obviously, very challenging and difficult time for them. so, you know, how they deal with that issue is going to be very personal. sure. understood. i know you spoke about this. this is a federal trial. when you talk about the state level, you have said that more needs to be done to strengthen the hate crime law in