![]() ![]() In March, the legislation passed both chambers and was signed into law by President Joe Biden.Īlso in a March op-ed published in the Louisville Courier-Journal, Paul explained why he agreed to sign an amendment to the original bill. And realizing that together, we have the power to make a change for now.”Įarlier this year, Paul co-sponsored an amended version of the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act. It’s a vision of Kentuckians from every part of our state realizing that our struggles are more common than they are different. Our vision is one of Kentucky moving forward together. An issue as painful as lynching is an important and compelling symbol of the trauma we try to ignore, while people like Rand Paul actively exploit that trauma to stir up confusion and ultimately protect the injustice and inequities that hold us all back. Ultimately, so much of our progress as a country is blocked by our inability to face the pain and persistent ills of structural racism. Do we move forward together, or do we let politicians like Rand Paul forever hold us back and drive us apart?”Ĭontinuing his email response, Booker said, “ The power behind a movement is the ability to tell a story that can capture hearts, open minds, inspire, and challenge us to mobilize. The person who single-handedly blocked an anti-lynching act from being federal law.”īooker continues to grip the noose as he says to the camera, “The choice couldn’t be clearer. The person who said he would have opposed The Civil Rights Act. “My opponent? The very person who compared expanded healthcare to slavery. Senate.”īooker then calls out Paul’s past controversial remarks about healthcare and the Civil Rights act. “Now, in an historic victory for our Commonwealth, I have become the first Black Kentuckian to receive the Democratic nomination for U.S. “It was used to kill my ancestors,” says Booker as he appears on camera with a noose around his neck. “In Kentucky, like many states throughout the South, lynching was a tool for terror. “The pain of our past persists to this day,” Booker says at the start of the clip. (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin-Pool/Getty Images) Charles Booker (D-KY) speaks at the March on Washington on Augat the Lincoln Memorial. This year there were three Democrats and 10 Republicans who took part.Rep. In 2021 no Democrats took part in the political speeches. ![]() In 2020 the political speeches were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Republican speakers have far outnumbered Democrats at Fancy Farm over the last few years. ![]() “Come November we’ll say ‘Bye! Bye!’ to the Democrats and their drag queens.” They can’t even define what a woman is,” Paul said in her speech. Well, I wouldn’t expect the Democrats to understand what a recession is. She took aim at the Biden Administration. Paul was in Washington because of the Senate vote schedule, so his wife, Kelley, spoke on his behalf. He doesn’t want the government out of your way. “Folks, he’s not even a real libertarian. “Kentuckians show up, so that’s why it should be no surprise to anyone that Rand Paul is nowhere to be found,” said Booker in his speech. Supporters of Charles Booker at Fancy Farm. Senate race, former Democratic state representative Charles Booker is running against Republican incumbent Rand Paul, who has represented Kentucky in the Senate since 2011. Republicans and Democrats went back and forth and there were plenty of pointed jabs. His hecklers are going after you and sometimes people can make mistakes that can kill a campaign,” said political commentator Al Cross. Your opponent is sitting right there watching for any possible mistake. This part of the tradition started in the early 1900s and it doesn’t feel like a church picnic at all. On the other side of the lot you’ll find political t-shirts, signs and campaign fans to help attendees beat the heat. ![]() “13,000 pounds of pork and 7,000 pounds of mutton.” “Approximately 20,000 pounds total,” said Leonard Foss, a Fancy Farm resident who has volunteered at the event for more than 25 years. Rand Paul was in Washington, D.C., for votes and did not attend. The Fancy Farm picnic has become a rite of passage for people running for office in the area.Jerome Catholic Church in Fancy Farm, Kentucky ![]()
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