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House Votes to Condemn Trump's 'Racist' Comments

Steve Herman

   WHITE HOUSE - Four Republicans joined every Democrat in the House on
   Tuesday evening to approve a resolution condemning "racist" remarks
   made by President Donald Trump about minority Democratic congresswomen.
   The House resolution, which was passed 240-187, "strongly condemns"
   Trump's "racist comments that have legitimized and increased fear and
   hatred of new Americans and people of color."

   House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for the chamber to unite "in
   condemning the president's racist tweets."

   Her remark prompted a formal objected from Representative Doug Collins,
   who argued the speaker's phrase violated House decorum. A vote of the
   full House, however, rejected the Republican's call for Pelosi's
   comments to be struck from the record.

   The majority of Republicans rejected the resolution that condemned the
   president from their party.

   "This ridiculous slander does a disservice to our nation," Congressman
   Dan Meuser said.Trump, who has been under fire since making the
   comments in a tweet Sunday, is not backing down.
   Trump, who has said the lawmakers should leave the United States, was
   asked by a reporter where they should go.
   "It's up to them. Wherever they want, or they can stay," replied the
   president during Tuesday's Cabinet meeting. "But they should love our
   country. They shouldn't hate our country."
   Trump, holding up pieces of paper, said he had "a list of things here
   said by the congresswomen that are so bad, so horrible that I don't
   want to read it."
   The president added, "It's my opinion, they hate our country."
   Hours earlier on Twitter, Trump declared, "I don't have a racist bone
   in my body" as he continued to push back on criticism about his
   comments directed at the four women of color, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria
   Ocasio-Cortez, Ayana Pressley and Rashida Tlaib

     Those Tweets were NOT Racist. I don't have a Racist bone in my body!
     The so-called vote to be taken is a Democrat con game. Republicans
     should not show "weakness" and fall into their trap. This should be
     a vote on the filthy language, statements and lies told by the
     Democrat.....
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [1]July 16, 2019

     .....Congresswomen, who I truly believe, based on their actions,
     hate our Country. Get a list of the HORRIBLE things they have said.
     Omar is polling at 8%, Cortez at 21%. Nancy Pelosi tried to push
     them away, but now they are forever wedded to the Democrat Party.
     See you in 2020!
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [2]July 16, 2019

   Trump has, repeatedly, since Sunday targeted the four House members.
   Trump set off a firestorm by telling the four Democratic lawmakers to
   "go back" to their countries and fix their homelands before they attack
   him and the United States, although all four are U.S. citizens, with
   Somali refugee Omar a naturalized U.S. citizen and the other three U.S.
   citizens by birth.
   The targets of Trump's attacks appeared before reporters Monday in a
   collective and blistering show of force to rebut Trump's social media
   and verbal volleys against them.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1151129281134768128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   2. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1151129281919102976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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