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‘Wearing A MAGA Hat Should Never Endanger Your Life’: Georgia Dem Backs Hate-Crime Law For Political Affiliation

Eric Quintanar
‘Wearing A MAGA Hat Should Never Endanger Your Life’: Georgia Dem Backs Hate-Crime Law For Political Affiliation
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State Representative Vernon Jones (D-GA), who made a cross-party endorsement of President Donald Trump earlier this year, wants the Georgia legislature to consider political affiliation, real or perceived, as a protected class for a hate-crime bill under consideration by the state senate. 

“Political affiliation should be a protected class, right alongside race, gender, and religion, and my legislation will do just that,” said Jones. “Making any politically motivated attack a hate crime. Wearing a MAGA hat should never endanger your life.”

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