Sarah Parshall Perry Explains Hidden Agenda in Left’s New Hate Crime Bill

<p>The Senate is expected to vote soon on a bill touted as targeting hate crimes against Asian Americans. The legislation, authored by Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, and Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., has not received widespread conservative support.&nbsp;</p><p>Why would Republicans not support a bill to address hate crimes? Because the bill's agenda extends far beyond its name, says Sarah Parshall Perry, a legal fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation. (The Daily Signal is Heritage's multimedia news organization.)</p><p>Perry joins the “Problematic Women” podcast to discuss the progressive aims in the bill and the similarities between the so-called<a href="https://www.heritage.org/government-regulation/commentary/senate-democrats-play-hide-the-ball-new-hate-crime-bill" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act</a> and Democrats' hotly contested<a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/02/24/how-equality-act-would-impose-transgender-ideology-on-everyone/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Equality Act</a>. Perry also discusses an important federal court victory for free speech on college campuses.&nbsp;</p><p>Also on today’s show, Kelsey Bolar, senior policy analyst at<a href="https://www.iwf.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Independent Women’s Forum</a> and senior news producer at The Daily Signal, explains why she is concerned about<a href="https://www.iwf.org/2021/04/08/united-airlines-promises-to-train-pilots-based-on-their-sex-and-skin-color/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> United Airlines’ announcement</a> that 50% of new pilots it trains either will be women or people of color.&nbsp;</p><br><p>And as always, we’ll crown our “Problematic Woman of the Week.”</p><br><p>Follow the links below to learn more about Georgia’s new election law.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/04/16/heritage-foundation-fact-checks-the-rhetoric-on-georgia-election-reform-law/" rel="noopener noreferrer" t