The attorney general of Delaware is a trump hating liberal.
She also has a boner for charging people with hate crimes and is empowered by a clearly unconstitutional state hate crime statute:
(a) Any person who commits, or attempts to commit, any crime as defined by the laws of this State, and who intentionally:
(1) Commits said crime for the purpose of interfering with the victim’s free exercise or enjoyment of any right, privilege or immunity protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, or commits said crime because the victim has exercised or enjoyed said rights; or
(2) Selects the victim because of the victim’s race, religion, color, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or ancestry, shall be guilty of a hate crime. For purposes of this section, the term “sexual orientation” means heterosexuality, bisexuality, or homosexuality, and the term “gender identity” means a gender-related identity, appearance, expression or behavior of a person, regardless of the person’s assigned sex at birth.
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Sub paragraph 2 is the same as every other hate crime law. The first paragraph is what they were charged under and is absurd. It would never withstand a constitutional challenge. Free speech is a first amendment right, and if I punch you in the face because I don't like what you said, that is not a hate crime, but it is under that statute.
