New Bill Would Criminalize ‘Left-Wing Lunatics’ Holding U.S. Highways Hostage

Black Lives Matter protest on Minneapolis interstate

Republican Georgia Rep. Mike Collins reintroduced legislation Thursday to criminalize protests that block highways.

Collins’ Safe Passage on Interstates Act would make intentionally blocking interstate highways a crime, according to background information on the bill obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Though criminal penalties on intentionally obstructing highways exist at the state level, Congress has not yet passed a law making this conduct illegal nationwide, according to Collins’ office.

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