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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRep. Jayapal calls on Trump to rid White House of any white-supremacist supporters
Reacting to last weeks racist violence in Virginia, U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal is leading dozens of congressional Democrats in demanding President Donald Trump fire any White House staff who have encouraged white supremacists.
Jayapal, D-Seattle, introduced a resolution Tuesday condemning fearmongering, racism, anti-Semitism, bigotry, and violence perpetrated by hate groups.
The symbolic measure, co-sponsored by 31 other House Democrats, including U.S. Rep. Adam Smith, D-Bellevue, calls out as inadequate Trumps belated and initially equivocal response to the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.
In a news release, Jayapal named Steve Bannon, the White House chief strategist who previously ran the Breitbart News website, and advisers Stephen Miller and Sebastian Gorka.
White supremacy must be uprooted from our society, but the president has elevated white nationalists to the highest posts of government. Its time to get these people out of the White House, Jayapal said in a statement.
Bannon, Gorka and Miller have been linked by critics to alt-right or white nationalist movements. However, several independent experts told the fact-checking site PolitiFact this week they do not regard any of the three men themselves as white nationalists.
Jayapal, D-Seattle, introduced a resolution Tuesday condemning fearmongering, racism, anti-Semitism, bigotry, and violence perpetrated by hate groups.
The symbolic measure, co-sponsored by 31 other House Democrats, including U.S. Rep. Adam Smith, D-Bellevue, calls out as inadequate Trumps belated and initially equivocal response to the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.
In a news release, Jayapal named Steve Bannon, the White House chief strategist who previously ran the Breitbart News website, and advisers Stephen Miller and Sebastian Gorka.
White supremacy must be uprooted from our society, but the president has elevated white nationalists to the highest posts of government. Its time to get these people out of the White House, Jayapal said in a statement.
Bannon, Gorka and Miller have been linked by critics to alt-right or white nationalist movements. However, several independent experts told the fact-checking site PolitiFact this week they do not regard any of the three men themselves as white nationalists.
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/rep-jayapal-calls-on-trump-to-rid-white-house-of-any-white-supremacist-supporters/
They may not be actual "white nationalists" but they play one on TV and give aid and succor to the ones who are
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Rep. Jayapal calls on Trump to rid White House of any white-supremacist supporters (Original Post)
ismnotwasm
Aug 2017
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Orrex
(63,213 posts)1. Including Trump himself, one hopes.
She is my Rep, replaced the great Jim McDermott. She was Endorsed by Bernie Sanders.
I wasn't sure what to expect. What my community has is not only a political rising star, but a tireless advocate for Democrats. I feel we very lucky to have her.
We need more like her!
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)5. I've seen her interviewed on Democracy Now.
She speaks with the authority, knowledge, and confidence of a well-seasoned Representative. You'd have no idea that she was just elected last fall.
I think she's great, and I hope she has a long and very successful career. She is another one to watch.
shraby
(21,946 posts)2. trump is one of the biggest and most outspoken perps. Time for impeachment.