Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) sparked outrage online on Thursday after he used a House hearing on violence and discrimination against Asian-Americans to rail against the Chinese Communist Party and to extol lynchings, saying he takes “justice very seriously.” The House Judiciary Committee hearing, which was originally scheduled to address the sharp rise in anti-Asian hate crimes and violence in recent months, took on added urgency after police say a 21-year-old white went on a shooting rampage at three spas in the Atlanta area, killing eight people, including six Asian women.
In his opening statement, Roy began by acknowledging that the shootings were a tragedy and that the “victims of race-based violence and their families deserve justice.” “The