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Biden signs bill making lynching a federal hate crime

President Biden signed a bill that makes lynching a federal hate crime for the first time in American history. Congress finally passed the bill after it failed more than 200 times. Watch Mr. Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Michelle Duster, the great-granddaughter of journalist Ida B. Wells, give remarks at the Rose Garden after the bill signing.
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