Kamala Harris and Corey Booker give emotional speeches after a Rand Paul amendment holds up anti-lynching bill

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• Sens. Kamala Harris and Corey Booker spoke out against an amendment from Sen. Rand Paul that is holding up an anti-lynching bill.
• Paul claimed the bill was too broad. 
• The effort came as a memorial service was being held for George Floyd, a black man who died at the hands of a police officer who has since been fired and charged with murder.
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Democratic Sens. Kamala Harris and Corey Booker spoke out in emotional terms against an amendment introduced by Sen. Rand Paul, a Republican, that held up legislation that would make lynching a federal crime.

"I object to this amendment. I object, I object. I object on substance, I object on the law, and for my heart and spirit and every fiber of my being, I object for my ancestors," Booker said during a speech in the Senate on Thursday, as CNN reported.

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