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Democrats Block Amendment Defunding Universities Discriminating Against Asian Americans

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1 year ago

April 22, 2021

Team Terrell

Senate Democrats blocked an amendment to the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act that would have stripped federal funding from universities discriminating against Asian Americans.

The amendment failed in a 49-48 vote, with all voting Republicans in favor and all voting Democrats against, it needed 60 votes to pass.

Vote Breakdown⬇️ Need 60 votes. pic.twitter.com/Ai1peUqpgx

— Tim Swain (@SwainForSenate) April 22, 2021

Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and John Kennedy (R-LA), who co-sponsored the amendment, released a statement addressing its rejection by Democrats, pointing out how “Democrats are only paying lip service to fight discrimination against Asian Americans.”

“In an unbelievably cynical move, Senate Democrats blocked efforts to stop discrimination against Asian Americans in higher education, where racial bias has become all too common,” the Senators said. “This amendment would bar funds from institutions that discriminate against Asian American students.”

“Despite their calls to end racism, it is clear Democrats are only paying lip service to fighting discrimination against Asian Americans and will allow targeted discrimination against them to continue at America’s universities and colleges,” they added.

On the Senate floor, Cruz pointed out that the Department of Justice “was suing Yale for its discrimination against Asian Americans until the Biden administration dismissed that lawsuit.”

“My amendment, simply put, would prohibit institutions of higher education from receiving any federal funding if they have a policy or if they engage in discrimination against Asian-Americans during recruitment, review of applications or admissions,” he added.

Sen. Ted Cruz: The DOJ "was suing Yale for its discrimination against Asian Americans until the Biden admin dismissed that lawsuit. My amd. would prohibit [higher ed] from receiving any federal $$ if they have a policy or engage in discrimination against Asian Americans." pic.twitter.com/b6APiQyVqI

— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) April 22, 2021

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3 Comments

Daniel Hall

April 22, 2021 at 11:08 pm

Leo, if an employer forces a white person to attend a critical race theory class and is berated for their skin color and are force to agree hat they are recist simply becase they are white. When intimidated into appologizing for being white and having more previledge than non-white employees cause psycologicaol and phyical discomfort and pain and isoltion. Can that person file federal lawsuit for intentional infliction of harm through oper ating of a hostile worplace,

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marcia

April 23, 2021 at 10:46 am

They can’t block federal funding because then the universities wouldn’t have funds to promote their leftist agendas. The Dems are so hypocritical it makes me physically ill. They are sooo out of touch with reality.

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Pamela Bergman

April 23, 2021 at 3:52 pm

There must be consequences for you actions or they will keep doing it wake up Dem

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Democrats Introduce ‘Transgender Bill Of Rights’

Published

5 days ago

June 29, 2022

Leo Terrell Staff

On Tuesday, House Democrats introduced a “Transgender Bill of Rights” to “protect and codify the rights of transgender and nonbinary people under the law and ensure their access to medical care, shelter, safety, and economic security.”

Led by Democrat Reps. Pramila Jayapal (WA), David Cicilline (RI), Marie Newman (IL), Mark Takano (CA), and Ritchie Torres (NY), HR 1209 proposes “amending the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, including gender identity and sex characteristics in public accommodations and federally funded programs and activities.”

“As we witness Republicans and an extremist Supreme Court attack and roll back the fundamental rights of trans people across our country, and as state legislatures across the country target our trans community with hateful, bigoted, and transphobic attacks, we are standing up and saying enough is enough,” said Jayapal, the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and co-chair of the Transgender Equality Task Force.

“Our Trans Bill of Rights says clearly to the trans community across the country that we see you and we will stand with you to ensure you are protected and given the dignity and respect that every person should have,” Jayapal added.

The bill seeks to increase the ability of children to get permanent and life changing surgeries by “eliminating unnecessary governmental restrictions on the provision of, and access to, gender-affirming medical care and counseling for transgender and nonbinary adults, adolescents, and children.”

The bill will additionally ensure that biological male students are allowed to compete in girls’ sports by amending federal “education laws to ensure that they protect students from discrimination based on sex, including gender identity and sex characteristics, and guarantee students’ right to participate in sports on teams that best align with their gender identity.”

Federal education laws will also be amended to allow students to :use school facilities that best align with their gender identity,” meaning that biological males would be allowed to use girls’ restrooms and locker rooms.

The bill expands beyond “transgender rights” to also ban states from making laws restricting abortion by “codifying the right to abortion.”