Representative Tranel Joins Colleagues in Condemning Hate, Charlottesville
Assembly Special Session Resolution 1:
Relating to: condemning the violence that occurred in Charlottesville, Virginia, on
August 12, 2017.
August 12, 2017.
Whereas, on Saturday, August 12, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia, a series of
hateful and despicable actions were undertaken by a group of white supremacists; and
hateful and despicable actions were undertaken by a group of white supremacists; and
Whereas, the State Assembly remembers and honors those who needlessly lost
their lives that day, Heather Heyer, Lieutenant H. Jay Cullen, and Trooper Pilot
Berke M. M. Bates; the 34 or more injured; and their families; and
their lives that day, Heather Heyer, Lieutenant H. Jay Cullen, and Trooper Pilot
Berke M. M. Bates; the 34 or more injured; and their families; and
Whereas, the State Assembly strongly condemns white supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis,
and all those who rely on violence and hatred to advance their
cause; and
Whereas, it is our responsibility, as citizens and public servants dedicated to
building a better Wisconsin and a better country, to denounce such acts of violence,
and to firmly tell those who espouse bigotry and prejudice that their ideology has no
place in our state or in our country; now, therefore, be it
building a better Wisconsin and a better country, to denounce such acts of violence,
and to firmly tell those who espouse bigotry and prejudice that their ideology has no
place in our state or in our country; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the assembly, That the members of the Wisconsin assembly
condemn the violence that occurred in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the racist,
intolerable views that caused that deeply tragic day.