Just to expand on this.

EVERY SINGLE FUCKING PLACE misreported or misrepresented the event so badly that it’s not even funny.



This bill was basically about condemning the death penalty as a whole. However several states, rightly or wrongly, use the death penalty.

The reason that the US votes against this every time it comes up (and yes they voted No during Obama’s presidency as well so this isn’t a “those evil conservatives” thing) is because it would effectively be the federal government throwing those states under the bus.

They came out and condemned the use of the death penalty against apostates, blasphemers, LGBT people and one other I can’t remember because they don’t feel these things should be criminalised.

Also just an aside, because every single place reported it so badly, and misrepresented it so heavily, I wouldn’t be surprised if there will soon be a lot of job openings in these places. So if you’re interested in journalism and don’t mind working for hacks that are okay with this level of misreporting, type up a resume and send it to your local paper or TV studio.