Thread by @JacksonLeeTX18

Lauren, you would think now that you’re in the majority, you would actually consider reading the bills you tweet about. Or, maybe even hire someone who could help you. This tweet is inflammatory and fact-less and you know it.

https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1614843592454930433

For starters, it took me about 32 seconds of reading the article you cited to understand that none of you know what you are talking about. H.R. 61 simply deals with adding white supremacy to a list of reasons to be convicted of a hate crime.

So when the article states that “only white people can be charged with” this crime, that’s flagrantly false.

Your argument *assumes* that only white people can hold white supremacist views and that only certain groups of people can perpetrate violence motivated by white supremacy.

I would hope now that your argument would not shift to “why is white supremacy being added to this law?” That would be egregious.

If so, are you going to deny that white supremacy played a role in the Charlottesville attack when Nazi-sympathizers belched “Jews will not replace us?” Who is “us?”

Further, are you going to deny that white supremacy played a role in the Buffalo shooting after the shooter cited “replacement theory” as his motive to begin a murderous rampage at the closest zip code with the highest black population?

And then, are you going to deny that the Trump-appointed Director of the FBI testified in March 2021 under oath, under penalty of perjury, that white supremacy was the greatest domestic terror threat facing our country in the Senate Judiciary committee hearing, March 2nd, 2021?

It is because of these acts, that my bill, the LAWS Act, adds to Section 249(a)(1) of title 18 of the U.S. criminal code after the words “race, color, religion, national origin,” the language “or because a white supremacy based motivation against any person.”

Yes, white supremacy should be added to this law. Why? Because as Director Wray testified, it’s a major domestic terrorist threat.

As the nation begins to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday and my mind is focused on his legacy, you have the audacity to take time out to spout off and misuse your Twitter account to discuss a bill you either you don’t understand or you haven’t even read!

Now let me be clear, I’d be happy to sit down with you to explain the importance of this legislation.

Or on the other hand, if you desire to defend acts of white supremacy or maybe even be one if your heart desires, that is your choice to make; it’s protected by the first amendment; and I fully support the protections of the first amendment for every American.

With that being said, I hope we can all now honor Dr. King’s legacy together.