Reps. Nadler, Watson Coleman, and Jayapal Announce Censure Resolution Against President Trump
Source: Congressman Jerrold Nadler
Reps. Nadler, Watson Coleman, and Jayapal Announce Censure Resolution Against President Trump for Blaming Both Sides for Violence in Charlottesville, VA and Excusing Behavior of Unite the Right Participants
Aug 16, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee and former Chairman and Ranking Member of the Constitution Subcommittee, along with Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) announced a resolution of censure against President Donald Trump for his August 15, 2017 remarks re-asserting earlier comments that both sides were to blame for the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia and excusing the behavior of participants in the Unite the Right rally. The resolution censuring and condemning President Trump is set to be introduced on Friday, August 18, 2017, when the U.S. House of Representatives is next in pro forma session.
The full text of the prepared censure resolution can be found below:
Censuring and condemning President Donald Trump.
115th CONGRESS
1st Session
August 18, 2017
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. NADLER, Ms. WATSON COLEMAN, and Ms. JAYAPAL submitted the following resolution, which was referred to the Committee on _______;
RESOLUTION
Censuring and condemning President Donald Trump.
Whereas on August 11, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia, a gathering of white supremacists, including neo-Nazis, Klu Klux Klan (KKK) members, and other alt-Right, white nationalist groups, marched through the streets with torches as part of a coordinated Unite the Right rally spewing racism, anti-Semitism, bigotry and hatred;
Whereas on August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia, a car driven by James Alex Fields, Jr. rammed into a crowd of counter-protestors, killing Heather Heyer and injuring 20 others;
Whereas President Donald Trumps immediate public comments rebuked many sides for the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, and failed to specifically condemn the Unite the Right rally or cite the white supremacist, neo-Nazi gathering as responsible for actions of domestic terrorism;
Whereas on August 15, 2017 President Donald Trump held a press conference at Trump Tower where he re-asserted that both sides were to blame for the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, and attempted to create a moral equivalency between white supremacist, KKK, neo-Nazi groups and those counter-protesting the Unite the Right rally;
Whereas President Donald Trump has surrounded himself with, and cultivated the influence of, senior advisors and spokespeople who have long histories of promoting white nationalist, alt-Right, racist and anti-Semitic principles and policies within the country;
Whereas President Donald Trump has provided tacit encouragement and little to no denunciation of white supremacist groups and individuals who promote their bigoted, nationalist ideology and policies;
Whereas President Donald Trump has failed to provide adequate condemnation and assure the American people of his resolve to opposing domestic terrorism: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, 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 re-asserting 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 alt-Right movement in the United States.
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Read more: https://nadler.house.gov/press-release/reps-nadler-watson-coleman-and-jayapal-announce-censure-resolution-against-president
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)sandensea
(21,636 posts)riversedge
(70,242 posts)Sic um Iron man!!
Scott Bauer?Verified account @sbauerAP
.@SpeakerRyan Democratic opponent @IronStache calls for Ryan to censure @realDonaldTrump
12:39 PM - 16 Aug 2017
Link to tweet
Steve Levine? @slevine17 5h5 hours ago
Replying to @sbauerAP @IronStache and
Great call, but don't be disappointed when Mr. Ayn Rand says nothing.
sandensea
(21,636 posts)Ryan and Bitchy Mitchy must be shitting bricks.
"How do we dog-whistle our support for the Far Right, without appearing to!!"
IronLionZion
(45,447 posts)Might even get a few Republicans on board.
ATL Ebony
(1,097 posts)Chakaconcarne
(2,453 posts)They better be ponying up to Pootie for 2020.
ATL Ebony
(1,097 posts). . . or not, and remove all doubt that they're ALL complicit racists, the entire party -- alt right, center right, etc., the whole damn party. They're playing Russian roulette being attached to Trump. Good riddance.
procon
(15,805 posts)C'mon people, at best this is a nice photo op and a fundraising opportunity, but this stuff is still just a big nothingburger. USGOV-101, the minority party (and that's all the Dems) can't even sneeze unless the Republican approve.
NNadir
(33,525 posts)...today, but I did so.
The gentleman who answered the phone was as outraged as I am.
I insisted this Nazi President must go. He sympathized.
Kudos to my Congresswoman. I'm proud of her.
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)resolution. Had almost 100,000 signers.
Richard D
(8,754 posts)mahannah
(893 posts)Duppers
(28,125 posts)Thanks for posting the good news.
ffr
(22,670 posts)riversedge
(70,242 posts)House Dems push to censure Trump over Charlottesville response
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/346814-house-dems-call-for-censuring-trump-over-charlottesville-response
By Cristina Marcos - 08/16/17 12:47 PM EDT
...........................The resolution would censure and condemn Trump for reasserting this week that both sides were to blame for the violence between white supremacists attending the Unite the Right rally to protest the citys removal of a Confederate statue and counterprotesters. A man with ties to far-right groups has been charged with second-degree murder after ramming his car into a group of counterprotesters, leaving one woman dead and more than a dozen people injured.
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When asked about the white supremacists and neo-Nazis who initiated the rally, Trump added: You had some very bad people in that group, but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides.
Presidential censures have rarely ever been used in U.S. history.
The Senate has voted just once to censure a president: Andrew Jackson in 1834, on the basis that his actions to dismantle the Bank of the United States amounted to an abuse of power. But Jackson's allies gained a Senate majority and revoked the resolution three years later........................
woundedkarma
(498 posts)And you guys are all like.. WOW way to go bro.. cool.
When you should be laughing too.. and crying.
He's destroying our country. He's with the neonazi racists. A censure says "we don't like what you're doing but we aren't going to really try to stop you"
grantcart
(53,061 posts)especially those with minorities in their districts
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)I've little doubt you fail to understand the political cost of a censure, and trivialize it based on that lack of relevant knowledge.
Nor do I doubt you believe censure is the only tool currently being used.
"And you guys are like... meh, my bias compels me to minimize this stuff... fur sure, little fella."