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Apr 7, 2021 5:37 PM EDT
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– South Carolina’s hate crime legislation is one step closer to becoming law. Wednesday afternoon, the measure known as the Clementa Pinckney Bill passed its first reading in the House. The bill’s sponsors say it will send a clear message that hate is not tolerated in South Carolina.
The bill must pass two more readings before Wednesday’s crossover deadline to be considered in the Senate.
Prior to Tuesday’s vote, Kershaw County Republican Representative Victor Dabney posted on Facebook his reasons for voting no. Dabney writes, in part, “our entire way of life has been vilified by the left; it’s our whiteness and our “straightness” that keeps getting in the way.” He adds that he is told “we are the reason that blacks can’t seem to succeed in our society. We are the reason that black crime rates are ten times that of others. We are the reason that the black family unit has been destroyed and most young
Rep. Victor Dabney said he would not bow down to the left in his comments. Author: WLTX Updated: 11:14 PM EDT April 7, 2021
COLUMBIA, S.C. Some South Carolina Democratic lawmakers are saying a fellow lawmaker made a racist social media post in objecting to the hate crime bill that s going through the legislature.
The comments involved Rep. Vic Dabney, a Republican from Kershaw County who s in his first term at the State House.
Hours before the vote, however, Dabney posted on his personal Facebook page, but made the comment public, on why he didn t think it should pass.
Dabney said he s spent his entire life watching, in his words, society give in to liberals, and that he was elected to quote stand up for you, not to bow down to the Left. He said it s our whiteness and our straightness that keeps getting in the way, and said that he s constantly reminded that he is the problem because of his skin color (Dabney is white). He then g
Apr 7, 2021 9:49 PM EDT
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – State leaders have started responding to a lawmakers’s comments about why he voted against the hate crime bill moving its way through the South Carolina legislature.
The bill known as the Clementa Pinckney Bill passed its first reading in the House with a vote of 79-29 Wednesday afternoon but within hours controversy has spread across the state.
Post by Rep. Victor Dabney
Source: Facebook
Prior to Wednesday’s vote, Rep. Victor Dabney (R-Camden), posted on Facebook his reasons for voting no. Dabney writes, in part, “our entire way of life has been vilified by the left; it’s our whiteness and our “straightness” that keeps getting in the way.” He adds that he is told “we are the reason that blacks can’t seem to succeed in our society. We are the reason that black crime rates are ten times that of others. We are the reason that the black family unit has been destroyed and most young black children don’t have a fathe
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