Marjorie Taylor Greene Is The Only Congressperson To Sponsor Bill That Would Protect Rights Of Nonviolent Political Protesters
The Matthew Lawrence Perna Act of 2024 is a critical first step towards ensuring that the political persecution witnessed in the aftermath of January 6th is curtailed by the law.
Last week, amid pouring rain, Congresswoman Majorie Taylor Greene held a press conference in front of the Capitol building, imploring her colleagues to co-sponsor the Matthew Lawrence Perna Act of 2024. The bill’s namesake, Matthew Perna, followed thousands of other law-abiding Americans in peacefully demonstrating at the Capitol on January 6th, 2021. Matthew was arrested and charged with multiple felonies for appearing at the Capitol on that fateful day. After a long and arduous 13-month sentencing, in which Perna pled guilty and received a threat from the federal judge presiding over his case of an “enhanced sentencing,” Perna tragically took his own life.
