Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin dismissed South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott’s police reform bill as a “token” approach.
“What we say on the Democratic side is we cannot waste this historic moment, this singular opportunity, let’s not do something that is a token, half-hearted approach,” Durbin said on the Senate floor Wednesday in response to Scott’s efforts to pass legislation to combat racism and police brutality following the death of George Floyd.
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