Sen. Tim Scott Is The Only Republican To Sign On To The Anti-Lynching Bill

On CBS's "Face The Nation," Sen. Tim Scott had a difficult time trying to explain why no other Republican has signed on to the anti-lynching bill that he has put forth.

In late June, three African-American Senators introduced a bipartisan bill to make lynching a federal crime.

The bill needs 60 senators to pass but so far no other Republicans have joined the Democrats who have signed on to back the bill.

After discussing his previously harsh comments about Donald Trump's racist views on race relations after his disaster in Charlottesville, Sen. Tim Scott was asked about the lack of interest from his own party on his new anti-lynching bill by the CBS host.

MARGARET BRENNAN: I know that you recently signed onto a bill to make lynching a federal hate crime. It's something Congress has tried to do over the past hundred years 200 times and failed. Why are you the only Republican signing on to this?

SEN. SCOTT: Well I think I'm the first Republican. By the time we get this out of the Senate, there will be several Republicans and there are- are some Democrats as well. The bill for us is--

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