New House Bill Would Block Convicted Rioters From Receiving Unemployment

Republican Rep. Jim Banks introduced a bill that would block convicted rioters from receiving federal coronavirus unemployment benefits.

“Antifa thugs are descending on suffering communities, disrupting peaceful protests and leaving violence, looting and vandalism in their wake. They turned Milwaukee, Seattle and Portland into warzones, and now they’re moving the chaos to Kenosha, Wisconsin. Who knows which community is next?” Banks said in a press release. “Due to enhanced federal benefits, taxpayers are giving wages to jobless rioters that are destroying our communities. We need to cut them off from their funding and make them feel the full financial consequences of their actions.”

Banks introduced the Support Peaceful Protest Act last week, which would also hold convicted rioters financially accountable for the cost of federal policing during violent protests.

“If you’re convicted of a crime that caused more manpower and law enforcement officers to deal with it, then perhaps you should be on the hook to pay for that,” Banks said.

The Indiana congressman said he introduced the bill after an elderly couple was harassed by protesters when they left President Trump’s nomination acceptance speech on Thursday.

Hey @SpeakerPelosi, these are my constituents. They are good people.

If you told these mobs to stop, I have a feeling they would … https://t.co/l5qIT52XM4

— Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks) August 28, 2020

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