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Colorado lawmaker: Slavery policy didn't impugn humanity Patty Nieberg Updated:  Tags:  FILE - The State Capitol is shown in this file photo taken Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in downtown Denver. Colorado Democrats have condemned statements from a Republican state Representative about lynching and a slavery-era policy that he said was not racist. Republican Rep. Ron Hanks made his comments on the House floor Thursday, April 15, 2021, about a bill aimed to strengthen civics education in schools. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) DENVER �...

Loading the player... Democrats in Colorado have condemned a Republican lawmaker for joking about lynching before saying an 18th century policy designating a slave as three-fifths of a person “was not impugning anybody’s humanity.” State Rep. Ron Hanks was speaking on the House floor Thursday about legislation aimed at strengthening civics education. He was accidentally introduced as fellow Rep. Mike Lynch. “Being called Mr. Lynch might be a good thing for what I’m about to say. No, just kidding,” Hanks said. Colorado Republican State Rep. Ron Hanks Hanks, who is white, then spo...

Colorado State Republican Makes Lynching Joke, Defends 3/5 Compromise Rep. Ron Hanks argued on the House floor that the Three-Fifths Compromise made at the nation's founding "was not impugning anybody’s humanity." Colorado state Rep. Ron Hanks (R) is facing criticism after he made a lynching joke on the state House floor and argued that the Three-Fifths Compromise of 1787 “was not impugning anyone’s humanity.” The newly elected lawmaker, who was part of the insurrectionist mob that marched on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, was mistakenly introduced as Rep. Lynch during debate on a bipar...

Colorado GOP lawmaker: Slavery policy didn't impugn humanity by Patty Nieberg, The Associated Press Posted Apr 16, 2021 2:44 pm EDT Last Updated Apr 16, 2021 at 2:58 pm EDT DENVER — Democrats in Colorado have condemned a Republican lawmaker for joking about lynching before saying a 18th century policy designating a slave as three-fifths of a person “was not impugning anybody’s humanity.” State Rep. Ron Hanks was speaking on the House floor Thursday about legislation aimed at strengthening civics education in schools. He was accidentally introduced as fellow Rep. Mike Lynch. “Being c...