State lawmakers passed a resolution Thursday condemning the violence last weekend in Charlottesville between white supremacist groups and counter-protesters.
The resolution specifically condemned white supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and “all those who rely on violence and hatred to advance their cause.”
“There is no place for bigotry and prejudice in the great state of Wisconsin, nor in our beloved United States, and it is our responsibility as public servants and elected leaders to denounce all acts of violence and hatred,” said Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa, D-Milwaukee.
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The resolution passed unanimously.
“I think what took place there has shocked each of us and it’s opened our eyes even wider to the hate that resides in the souls of far too many people in our country,” said Majority Leader Jim Steineke, R-Kaukauna, of the events in Charlottesville.
The Assembly also opened its day with prayers from leaders of of five different religious faiths.
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