If Dick Durbin can be bullied into apologizing for saying the truth, Trent Lott and Jon Kyl should be bullied into at least explaining why they refused to get on board with
this resolution:
SENATORS WHO REFUSED TO CO-SPONSOR ANTI-LYNCHING RESOLUTION GO ON THE RECORD
Roll Call has a big story coming out in tomorrow's paper with the explanations given by the Republican Senators who refused to co-sponsor the resolution apologizing for the Senate's failure to pass anti-lynching laws. Trent Lott and Jon Kyl were the only two Senators not to provide a response.
Senators Defend Lynching Absences
June 20, 2005 By Teddy Davis and Paul Kane,Roll Call Staff
From being busy with other legislative business to a belief that the measure was simply not necessary, 13 Senate Republicans offered a variety of explanations for their decision not to co-sponsor a resolution apologizing for the chamber's past inaction on lynching.
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Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) associated his views with those of Alexander in a statement inserted into the Congressional Record. Don Stewart, Cornyn's spokesman, said it is "truly unfortunate" that a "somber remembrance of the sins of the past" had been turned into a "political cudgel." He accused liberal bloggers and some resolution supporters of drumming up a non-issue.
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Two Senators, Trent Lott (Miss.) and Jon Kyl (Ariz.), could not be reached for comment about their decisions against signing on to the bill.
For those who live in the home state of one of the soon-to-be-unlucky-thirteen, I think it's time to start brandishing letters to the editor, cc'd to his (or, in the case of Kay Bailey Huchison, her), fax machine.