Senator Bob Casey (D-Pa.) visited Penn on Monday to offer students support following the racist incidents that happened over the past week, the McClatchy Washington Bureau reported.
Today I visited with students at the @UofPenn to reinforce the message that these acts of bigotry will not be tolerated. pic.twitter.com/e7VHfJroxt
— Senator Bob Casey (@SenBobCasey) November 14, 2016
Sen. Casey denounced the acts of hatred, calling them threatening and intolerable. He also called on President-elect Trump to condemn the incidents.
The President of the United State must lead with moral authority and denounce racism and bigotry in the strongest terms.
— Senator Bob Casey (@SenBobCasey) November 14, 2016
Sen. Casey, a Democrat, has released a string of tweets proclaiming that he will support and defend the rights of Pennsylvanians and “every American.”
View all of Sen. Bob Casey’s tweets here.
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