<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3ODtm8_0va9vZaM00" style="display:none" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3ODtm8_0va9vZaM00" width="1296" height="864" > (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — A Congressional hearing on hate crimes and rhetoric Tuesday sparked partisan arguments about which should be given priority. <iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" src="https://omny.fm/shows/wbbmam-on-demand/senate-hearing-on-rise-of-hate-crimes-marked-by-pa/embed?style=cover&amp;size=square" style="width:100%; height:220px; overflow:hidden; margin-top: 1.25rem;"></iframe> On Capitol Hill, Senator Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) chaired a judiciary committee hearing on the rising number of hate crimes in this country since the October 7 massacre of Jews by Hamas in Gaza. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> “We have seen an increase in attacks on Jewish Americans, Palestinian Americans, Arab Americans and Muslim Americans,” Durbin said. And in the audience was the mother of Wadee Alfayoumi, the six-year-old Palestinian boy who was stabbed to death in Plainfield. She also was stabbed in that attack. But ranking Republican Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) complained that the hearing should have focused solely on rising antisemitism on college campuses. “What happened to the, to the six-year-old is just horrible. The man will get whatever comes his way. And to me, it's not enough. I'm trying to focus on a systematic problem. America has a systematic problem on college campuses,” Graham said. Democrat Durbin says all hate and violence is unacceptable. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><a href="https://www.audacy.com/stations/wbbm780" rel="nofollow"> Listen to WBBM Newsradio now on Audacy! </a><a href="https://www.audacy.com/wbbm780/sign-up-for-news-updates" rel="nofollow"> Sign up and follow WBBM Newsradio </a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WBBMNewsradio" rel="nofollow"> Facebook </a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/WBBMNewsradio" rel="nofollow"> Twitter </a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wbbmnewsradio/" rel="nofollow"> Instagram </a> | <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@wbbmnewsradio105.9" rel="nofollow"> TikTok </a></div></body>

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On Capitol Hill, Senator Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) chaired a judiciary committee hearing on the rising number of hate crimes in this country since the October 7 massacre of Jews by Hamas in Gaza.