lives are complicated when people like him stop masking up. it s the trauma the asian-americans are coping with and the ongoing attacks and fears of more attacks they face daily. a house judiciary committee heard about lawmakers about the climate of hatred they are experiencing. the committee heard from chip roy, the ranking republican who used part of his time to fondly recall the good ole days when lynchings in texas were a-okay. there s old sayings in texas about, you know, find all the rope in texas and get a tall oak tree. we take justice very seriously and we ought to do that, round up the bad guys. so, to a community living in fear of random acts of violence during a hearing to address that violence in discrimination, congressman roy there seems to have praised the idea of mobs of people lynching other people from trees. just as americans of asian descent are being slandered with false loyalty to another country, congressman roy decided now is the time to stoke th
co coping with in the wake of the atlanta shootings. today, a house judiciary subcommittee heard testimony from asian-american lawmakers about the climate of hatred that they, and their constituents, are experiencing. the committee also heard from texas congressman, chip roy. the ranking republican who used part of his time to recall the good, old days, when lynchings in texas were a-okay. there s old sayings in texas about, you know, find the rope in texas and get a tall-oak tree. we take justice very seriously, and we ought to do that. round up the bad guys. so, to a community living in fear of random acts of violence, during a hearing to address that violence and discrimination. congressman roy, there, seems to have praised the idea of mobs of people lynching other people from trees. and just as as americans of asian desent are being slandered with false allegations of loyalty to a foreign country, racist allegations that have, frankly, a long history in this country
today a significant number of the nation s mayors stood up and said no to the new president. more than no, actually, it was more like, hey, mr. president, no way, no how, you can forget it. today, january 25, 2017, is the darkest day in immigration history in america since the interment of the japanese americans during the second world war. mr. president, i have a message for you, seattle has been here before. we ve experienced this dark history before and we have no intention of going back there again. i believe in our sanctuary city status. i think there are hundreds of mayors all over this country that are saying the same thing and we stand united that a safer city is a city that doesn t allow its residents to live in here. we will not be intimidated by the threat to federal funding. we have each other s backs and we have the constitution of the
no way, no how, you can forget it. today, january 25, 2017, is the darkest day in immigration history in america since the interment of the japanese americans during the second world war. mr. president, i have a message for you, seattle has been here before. we ve experienced this dark history before and we have no intention of going back there again. i believe in our sanctuary city status. i think there are hundreds of mayors all over this country that are saying the same thing and we stand united that a safer city is a city that doesn t allow its residents to live in here. we will not be intimidated by the threat to federal funding. we have each other s backs and we have the constitution of the united states of america on our side. i want to say directly to anyone who feels threatened today or
today a significant number of the nation s mayors stood up and said no to the new president. more than no, actually, it was more like, hey, mr. president, no way, no how, you can forget it. today, january 25, 2017, is the darkest day in immigration history in america since the interment of the japanese americans during the second world war. mr. president, i have a message for you, seattle has been here before. we ve experienced this dark history before and we have no intention of going back there again. i believe in our sanctuary city status. i think there are hundreds of mayors all over this country that are saying the same thing and we stand united that a safer city is a city that doesn t allow its residents to live in here. we will not be intimidated by