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Condemns the violent antisemitic attack at a peaceful march in Boulder, Colorado on June 1, 2025, expresses support for survivors and their families, and praises the community’s resilience. Urges vigilance, the use of Federal resources to address rising antisemitism and hate crimes, and affirms that hate and violence have no place in the United States while supporting freedom of speech and religion for all.
A violent attack occurred on June 1, 2025, at a peaceful march in Boulder, Colorado organized by Run for Their Lives.
Run for Their Lives is described as an organization that holds run and walk events calling for the release of hostages taken by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and who remain held in Gaza more than 600 days later.
The attack used a makeshift flamethrower and Molotov cocktails and injured men and women, including a Holocaust survivor; several suffered serious burns and trauma while exercising their First Amendment rights.
Authorities are investigating the incident as an antisemitic attack, an act of terrorism, and a Federal hate crime.
The preamble records a national surge in antisemitic incidents, noting that reported antisemitic activity in Colorado rose 40 percent in 2024 and reached the highest level nationally in nearly 50 years, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
Primary impacts are symbolic and political rather than legal or fiscal. Directly affected groups include the survivors and families of the Boulder attack and the local Boulder community, who receive formal congressional condemnation of the violence and expressions of support. The broader Jewish community and communities targeted by hate crimes nationally receive an explicit statement of solidarity and a call for vigilance. Law enforcement and federal agencies are urged to use available resources and remain attentive to antisemitic incidents; however, the resolution does not allocate funding or impose new requirements. The practical effect is to shape public record and may prompt agency attention, local community outreach, or future legislative or administrative actions addressing hate crimes and antisemitism, but immediate statutory or budgetary impacts are minimal.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S3236)
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Introduced on June 4, 2025 by Michael F. Bennet