Condemning and censuring President Donald Trump.

H. Res. 496 · 115th Congress · Aug 18, 2017 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the House of Representatives—

(1)

does hereby censure and condemn President Donald Trump for his inadequate response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12, 2017, his failure to immediately and specifically name and condemn the White supremacist groups responsible for actions of domestic terrorism, for reasserting that “both sides” were to blame and excusing the violent behavior of participants in the “Unite the Right” rally, and for employing people with ties to White supremacist movements in the White House, such as Steve Bannon and Sebastian Gorka; and

(2)

does hereby urge President Donald Trump to fire any and all White House advisors who have urged him to cater to the White supremacist movement in the United States.

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Aug 18, 2017viewing Introduced in House Mr. Nadler (for himself, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Crowley, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Foster, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Peters, Mr. Payne, Ms. Fudge, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Walz, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Engel, Mr. Loebsack, Ms. Schakowsky, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Lee, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Takano, Ms. Meng, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Maxine Waters of California, Mr. Gutiérrez, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Ms. Bass, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Clay, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. Pingree, Mrs. Torres, Mr. Evans, Mr. Sires, Mr. Quigley, Mr. McEachin, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Sherman, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Kihuen, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Adams, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Gomez, and Mr. McGovern) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

Condemning and censuring President Donald Trump.

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