Senator Chambers: ‘If I was a white guy, I’d go get my semiautomatic weapon’


Of course, his fellow senators were upset about this. After all, he just made a threat on their lives, if not indirectly. However, it’s important to consider that lawmakers are not subject to criminal or civil liability for the things they say during legislative debates or public hearings.

The comment startled many people who were following the debate online and drew quick responses from some of Chambers’ fellow state senators.

“That’s not what we need to be talking about today,” said Sen. Lydia Brasch of Bancroft.

Sen. Bill Kintner of Papillion noted being called out by Speaker Galen Hadley for a column in which Kintner compared fellow lawmakers to monkeys.

“Where’s the standard?” Kintner asked.

Hadley was presiding over the debate, but said Chambers’ comment didn’t register with him until another senator mentioned it.

Chambers concluded by telling his fellow senators to “Be glad when the snake rattles”. He then told them that they should be grateful that words all that he’s using. Who elected this guy? It’s this type of thinking that fuels dangerous activism and lawmaking. This is what American politics has become, a circus.

Source: journalstar.com



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