Oh y’all, it’s Louie on the Shame Train.

The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Bill finally passed congress, 100 years after 14 year old Emmett Till was lynched for allegedly whistling at a white woman.  The bill passed congress this week on a 401-4 vote.  Louie, of course, was one of the no votes.

Louie says he voted no because the punishment wasn’t strong enough. Yeah, we believe that. Especially since the last thing closest to a lynching I can recall was the 1998 murder of James Byrd, Jr., who, for no reason whatsoever other than the color of his skin, was dragged behind a pickup truck in deep east Texas until his body fell apart in pieces. Three young white nationalists were charged and convicted of his murder.

That was in Louie’s district. James Byrd’s gravesite continues to be defaced to this day, including Louie’s vote.