20210319 Friday
Calls for resignation of Texas congressman who invoked lynching in Asian hate crime hearing
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He also said he had concerns about the hearing on the basis that “it seems to want to venture into the policing of rhetoric in a free society, free speech”.
Venture into 踏み込む
Congressman Steve Cohen, a Democrat who was also a part of the hearing, said: “While speech is important and has meaning, the incidents I mentioned in my opening statement were being spat at, slapped in the face, lit on fire, slashed with a box cutter, and shoved violently to the ground as the video showed… that’s not speech.”
Spit at 唾を吐きかける 過去形spat
