Senators debate Beyak’s website removal, free speech and parliamentary privilege to post racist letters

Senators are awaiting a decision from Speaker George Furey whether a motion to stop Senate resources from supporting Sen. Lynn Beyak’s website will make it to the floor.

Sen. Lynn Beyak argued before the Senate Monday night that a motion to remove her website, where she posted letters her colleagues have described as racist, violates her parliamentary privilege. The Hill Times file photograph

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

February 28, 2018

Senators butted heads Monday debating whether Senator Lynn Beyak’s website should be removed from the Upper Chamber’s server to prevent public funds from supporting the platform where she posted letters her colleagues called discriminatory, racist, and offensive.

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