Statement of Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee
for Civil Rights Under Law
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.)
acknowledged Wednesday that he is the final U.S. Senator holding up passage of the Emmett Till Antilynching Act.
The following is a statement from Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law:
“Senator Rand Paul has singlehandedly blocked Congress from final passage of the Emmett Till Antilynching Act.
Senator Paul’s resistance to the bill amounts to rubbing salt into the wounds of a nation grieving over loss and devastation from racial violence.
In no uncertain terms, we condemn Senator Paul’s decision to fight a one-man war against a bill that would make clear that lynching occupies a dark place in our country’s story and provide recognition to thousands of victims of lynching crimes.”
