Condemning and censuring President Donald Trump.

IV 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 490 Condemning and censuring President Donald Trump. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 15, 2019 Mr. COHEN (for himself, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. OMAR, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. JAYAPAL, and Ms. PRESSLEY) submitted the following resolu- tion; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Condemning and censuring President Donald Trump. Whereas since its founding, our Nation has recognized the strength in diversity by making our national motto E Pluribus Unum; Whereas we continue to strive to live up to our national val- ues equality, opportunity, and pluralism as we continu- ously strive to create a more perfect union; Whereas President Donald Trump has continually maligned and scapegoated immigrants, people of color, and reli- gious minorities, and attempted to use race and national origin to degrade people of color and delegitimize public officials; Whereas President Donald Trump has a long history of mak- ing repugnant statements, including stating that ‘‘both VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:58 Jul 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR490.IH HR490 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 490 IH sides’’ were to blame for the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, attempting to create a moral equivalency be- tween White supremacists, the KKK, neo-Nazi groups, and those counter-protesting the ‘‘Unite the Right’’ rally, and referring to African nations as ‘‘shithole countries’’ or ‘‘shithouse countries’’; Whereas the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has planned to intimate domestic immigration raids, tar- geting thousands of migrant families; Whereas to sow widespread fear, on June 19, 2019, Presi- dent Donald Trump tweeted ‘‘Next week ICE will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States.’’; Whereas on July 14, when ICE was expected to initiate co- ordinated immigration raids across the United States, President Donald Trump tweeted ‘‘So interesting to see ‘Progressive’ Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly . . . and viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our Government is to be run. Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally bro- ken and crime infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how . . . it is done. These places need your help badly, you can’t leave fast enough. I’m sure that Nancy Pelosi would be very happy to quick- ly work out free travel arrangements!’’; Whereas President Donald Trump was referring to Rep- resentatives Alexandra Ocasio Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib, who are all United VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:58 Jul 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR490.IH HR490 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 490 IH States citizens and duly elected members of the House of Representatives; Whereas these comments were widely criticized as racist and designed to promote a White nationalist view of the United States where immigrants and people of color should be expelled; Whereas on July 15, President Donald Trump was asked if ‘‘it concerned you that many people saw that tweet as racist and that White nationalists are finding common cause with you on that point?’’, and responded by stating that ‘‘It doesn’t concern me because many people agree with me and all I’m saying is if they want to leave, they can leave’’; and Whereas in response to the criticism and outrage about his comments, President Donald Trump sought to further di- vide the Nation: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 (1) censures and condemns President Donald 2 Trump for his tweets made on July 14 and 15, 3 2019, which are xenophobic, promote White su- 4 premacist and nativist ideologies, and violate the 5 President’s oath of office to uphold and defend the 6 Constitution, which includes respect for the demo- 7 cratic process and the Congress; and 8 (2) calls on President Donald Trump to apolo- 9 gize for his repugnant comments described in this 10 resolution which have disgraced the Office of the 11 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:33 Jul 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR490.IH HR490 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HRES 490 IH President and dishonored the United States of 1 America. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:33 Jul 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR490.IH HR490 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS