,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #fde  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #b1 
#bjbj,mr4 ,lee 7for himself1 ,mr4       
,braun1 and ,mr4 ,johnson7 submitted the
 following resolution2 which was        
referred to the ,committee on the       
,judiciary  ,,resolution  ,expressing   
the sense of the ,senate that mob       
violence should be condemned4  ,whereas 
the ,united ,states of ,america was     
founded in #aggf on universal principles
 of freedom1 justice1 and human         
equality2 ,whereas throughout our       
nation's history1 ,americans have       
struggled to realize those ideals1      
falling short1 as imperfect human beings
 always do1 but nonetheless making      
greater progress toward them than any   
nation on earth2 ,whereas the ,united   
,states is today1 as ever1 an           
ethnically1 racially1 religiously1 and  
culturally diverse nation1 morally      
committed to cultivating respect1       
friendship1 and justice across all such 

differences1 and protecting the         
,god-given equal rights of all          
,americans under the law2 ,whereas      
,america's law enforcement officers do  
an extremely difficult job extremely    
well1 and despite the inexcusable       
misconduct of some1 the overwhelming    
majority of such officers are honest1   
courageous1 patriotic1 and rightfully   
honored public servants2 ,whereas in    
recent weeks1 people across the ,united 
,states have organized legitimate1      
peaceful1 constitutionally protected    
demonstrations against instances of     
police brutality and racial inequality1 
serious problems meriting investigation 
and reform2 ,whereas some ,americans1   
unsatisfied with peaceful and positive  
demonstrations1 have instigated and     
indulged in mob violence and criminal   
property destruction1 not in service of 
any just or coherent cause1 but simply  
as an arrogant1 bullying tantrum of     
self-righteous illiberalism and rage2   
and ,whereas these mobs have            

demonstrated not only contempt for      
public safety 7as evidenced1 among other
 crimes1 by an unprovoked physical      
assault on a ,wisconsin ,state ,senator 
and the shooting of a motorist in       
,provo1 ,utah7 and common decency 7as   
evidenced by their routine harassment   
and obscene berating of law enforcement 
officers standing their posts to protect
 their communities71 but also their     
manifest ignorance and historical       
illiteracy 7as evidenced by their       
destruction of public memorials to      
historical heroes like ,ulysses ,s4     
,grant1 ,st4 ,junipero ,serra1 ,miguel  
,cervantes1 ,george ,washington1 ,hans  
,christian ,heg1 and a reported plan to 
target a statue of ,abraham ,lincoln    
financed in #ahgf entirely by private   
donations from freed ,african-,american 
slaves73 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that it
 is the sense of the ,senate that-- 7#a7
 the rising tide of vandalism1 mob      
violence1 and the mob mentality that    
feeds it--including its cruel and       

intolerant cancel culture--should be    
condemned by all ,americans2  7#b7      
peaceful demonstrations and mob violence
 are different in kind2  7#c7 physical  
assault and property destruction are not
 forms of political speech but violent  
crimes whose perpetrators should be     
prosecuted to the full extent of the    
law2 and  7#d7 the innocent law         
enforcement officers1 public officials1 
and private citizens who suffer the     
mob's violence and endure its scorn     
while protecting our communities from   
them deserve the thanks and appreciation
 of every ,american4