100 Words: Kentucky’s Shame
100 Words: Kentucky’s
Shame
The
Emmett Till Antilynching Act passes the U.S. House 410-4 (with Ky. Rep. Thomas
Massie in opposition). Now Ky. Sen. Rand Paul ties up the federal antilynching
bill for the flimsiest of reasons. “I will be excoriated by simpleminded people
on the internet,” Paul says. Possibly by some not so simpleminded, as well,
Rand. Newspaper columnist Joe Gerth calls Paul a laughingstock for preventing the
lynching of an African American from becoming a hate crime. He’s right, but
it’s worse. Paul, Massie, and Ky. Senate czar Mitch McConnell (“Medicare for
All will never happen on my watch!”) shame all Kentuckians.