The House's lopsided 42-3 historic passage of an anti-lynching bill named for Emmett Till was opposed by Texas Rep. Chip Roy, who has previously called the racist vigilante act "a metaphor for justice.”
Calls for Rep. Chip Roy to step down grow louder after the Texas congressman made inflammatory remarks during a recent House Judiciary Committee hearing.
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