The Democratic Party in Lamar, Texas turned down the resignation of Chairman Gary O’Connor after O’Connor called Republican South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott an “oreo,” The Texas Tribune reported…
House Democrats’ Police Reform Bill Doesn’t Ban Chokeholds on Local or State Level…
The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act on which the Democratic-led House is scheduled to vote Thursday does not ban chokeholds on the state and local level. The bill defines a “chokehold or carotid hold” as “the application of any pressure to the throat or windpipe, the use of maneuvers that restrict blood or oxygen […]
Sen Tim Scott Releases Racist Voicemails, Death Threats He Received While Working on GOP Police Reform Bill…
Republican Sen. Tim Scott received multiple threatening voice messages using racial slurs and vulgar language threatening his life as he worked to craft the Republican JUSTICE Act — a police reform measure Democrats rejected this week. “You coon motherf—– you,” a person says in one of the messages provided to the Washington Examiner by Scott’s […]
‘Jarring to Witness’: McConnell Rips Schumer for Talking ‘Right Past’ Sen. Tim Scott…
Pelosi: Senate Republicans Are Trying to Get Away with the ‘Murder of George Floyd’…
NBC’s Craig Melvin Asks Sen Tim Scott if GOP Is ‘Using’ Him as ‘Token’…You’re Gonna Respect His Response…
NBC News anchor Craig Melvin asked Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., if the GOP is “using” him as a “token” amid the response to George Floyd’s death. Scott has been leading the effort in the Senate among Republican lawmakers in pursuit of police reform. However, the “Today” host questioned whether Scott’s party was maximizing the only […]