Censuring President Donald J. Trump for attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 Presidential election through unlawful means and for inciting insurrection.

IV 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 3 Censuring President Donald J. Trump for attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 Presidential election through unlawful means and for inciting insurrection. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 11, 2021 Ms. NORTON (for herself, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. KUSTER, and Mr. CARSON) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Censuring President Donald J. Trump for attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 Presidential election through unlawful means and for inciting insurrection. Whereas, on January 2, 2021, President Donald J. Trump called the secretary of state of Georgia, Brad Raffensperger, demanding that Secretary Raffensperger, inter alia, overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia by ‘‘find[ing] me 11,780 votes,’’ which would change the outcome in that State’s election and nullify the votes of millions of Americans who voted for President-elect Joseph R. Biden, including African Amer- icans and other people of color, notwithstanding that the State had already certified the winner after thrice count- ing the votes in favor of President-elect Biden; VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:20 Jan 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HC3.IH HC3 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HCON 3 IH Whereas President Trump has consistently raised unsubstan- tiated claims of voter fraud, while producing no evidence in court or to the public, challenging the security and ac- curacy of the 2020 Presidential election, despite his Ad- ministration saying that this was the most secure election in U.S. history; Whereas President Trump has incited his followers to chal- lenge the election with his baseless claims against the 2020 Presidential election; Whereas, on January 6, 2021, the House of Representatives and Senate met at the United States Capitol in a Joint Session to count the votes of the Electoral College; Whereas, on January 6, 2021, immediately prior to the Joint Session, President Trump spoke to a large crowd in the District of Columbia, where he again raised baseless questions about the legitimacy of the 2020 Presidential election and thereby encouraged the crowd to falsely be- lieve that fraud had occurred; Whereas, in his speech on January 6, 2021, President Trump used phrases like ‘‘fight like hell’’, ‘‘[y]ou have to show strength and you have to be strong’’, ‘‘you’ll never take back our country with weakness’’, and ‘‘everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol’’; said that President-elect Biden and his supporters are ‘‘not gonna take this White House’’, and again stated that he won the election ‘‘by a lot’’ and that ‘‘we won this election, and we won it by a landslide’’; Whereas, on January 6, 2021, members of the crowd, incited by the President’s speech, and intending to, among other objectives, interfere with the counting of the votes of the VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:20 Jan 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HC3.IH HC3 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HCON 3 IH Electoral College, breached the United States Capitol, and committed violent, seditious, and destructive acts; Whereas, as a result of that attack on the Capitol, at least five individuals lost their lives, and numerous others were left injured; Whereas, during the attack, President Trump told the insur- rectionists, ‘‘we love you’’, and told them to remember that day forever; and Whereas President Trump has violated his constitutional du- ties to ‘‘preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States’’ and to ‘‘faithfully execute’’ his office: Now, therefore, be it: Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 1 concurring), That the House of Representatives (the Sen- 2 ate concurring)— 3 (1) censures President Donald J. Trump for 4 the actions he took as set forth above, including at- 5 tempting to overturn the 2020 Presidential election 6 and inciting insurrection at the United States Cap- 7 itol on January 6, 2021; 8 (2) calls upon President Trump— 9 (A) to acknowledge that President-elect 10 Joseph R. Biden was the victor of the 2020 11 presidential election and that President-elect 12 Biden will be the lawful President on January 13 20, 2021; 14 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:20 Jan 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HC3.IH HC3 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HCON 3 IH (B) to call on his supporters not to engage 1 in violence; 2 (C) to disavow the actions of the insurrec- 3 tionists who attacked the United States Capitol 4 on January 6, 2021; and 5 (D) to denounce any further acts of vio- 6 lence, including any planned to occur sur- 7 rounding the 58th Presidential Inauguration; 8 and 9 (3) finds that, in engaging in the above cited 10 actions, President Donald J. Trump ‘‘as an officer 11 of the United States . . . engaged in insurrection or 12 rebellion against the [United States], or given aid or 13 comfort to the enemies thereof,’’ making him ineli- 14 gible for future office, unless Congress, in the fu- 15 ture, ‘‘by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove 16 such disability,’’ under section 3 of the 14th Amend- 17 ment to the United States Constitution. 18 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:20 Jan 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HC3.IH HC3 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS