Once a lone objector, Rand Paul’s name is now on the Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act
WASHINGTON — Nearly two years after Sen. Rand Paul objected to legislation that would make the brutal act of lynching a federal hate crime, the Kentucky Republican signed on as a co-sponsor of a revised version that is now set to become law.
Paul celebrated passage of the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act, which the Senate cleared by unanimous consent Monday. But it was he who held up the bill in the spring of 2020, leading to a tense rhetorical exchange with two Black Democrats, Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey and then-Sen. Kamala Harris of California, about the scope of their proposal.
