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Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
Last progress June 12, 2025 (8 months ago)
Introduced on June 12, 2025 by Michael F. Bennet
Condemns the June 1, 2025 antisemitic attack at a peaceful Run for Their Lives march in Boulder, Colorado, expresses support for the survivors and their families, praises community resilience, and calls for vigilance and Federal assistance to investigate and counter antisemitism and hate crimes. The resolution affirms that hate and violence have no place in the United States and reaffirms support for freedom of speech and religion for the Jewish community.
On June 1, 2025, a violent attack occurred at a peaceful march in Boulder, Colorado, organized by Run for Their Lives.
Run for Their Lives is an organization that facilitates run and walk events calling for the release of all hostages Hamas kidnapped during the group’s October 7, 2023 terrorist attack and continues to hold in Gaza, over 600 days later.
The attack was carried out with a makeshift flamethrower and Molotov cocktails and injured men and women, including a Holocaust survivor; several victims suffered serious burns and trauma while peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights.
Authorities are investigating the antisemitic attack as an act of terrorism and a Federal hate crime.
The attack occurred amid a national surge in antisemitic incidents, with reported antisemitic activity in Colorado rising 40 percent in 2024 and reaching the highest level nationally in nearly 50 years, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
Primary impacts are symbolic and communicative rather than regulatory or fiscal. The resolution directly affects: survivors and family members by signaling formal legislative condemnation and public support; Jewish communities by publicly recognizing the antisemitic nature of the attack and reaffirming religious and speech freedoms; local community organizations and event participants by acknowledging community resilience and solidarity actions; and law enforcement and federal investigators by emphasizing the importance of investigation and Federal resources. Because the text is a nonbinding resolution, it does not itself change criminal law, appropriate money, or impose obligations on states or agencies; its main effect is to influence public attention, encourage agency follow-up, and provide moral and political support to victims and local communities.
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