In the aftermath of the deadly attack in Charlottesville, Virginia, 32 members of Congress filed a resolution on Tuesday urging President Trump to fire white supremacists in the White House.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) introduced the resolution demanding Trump to “strongly condemn white nationalists, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis and other hate groups responsible for the violence” and “remove from the White House and the Trump administration individuals, including Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller and Sebastian Gorka, who support white supremacists.”
BREAKING: I've introduced a resolution with 31 co-sponsors demanding Trump fire any staff who've endorsed or supported white supremacists. pic.twitter.com/2WuGMqhQPa
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) August 15, 2017
“When the president fails to swiftly condemn white supremacist terrorism, it’s imperative that Congress steps up and says clearly: Hate is not welcome, hate is un-American and we will strongly resist hate wherever it appears,” Jayapal said in a statement. “White supremacy must be uprooted from our society, but the president has elevated white nationalists to the highest posts of government. It’s time to get these people out of the White House.”
Trump came under fire for initially failing to condemn white supremacists and other hate groups by name in the wake of violent clashes in Charlottesville over the weekend. On Monday evening, Trump complained on Twitter that the “fake news media will never be truly satisfied” by his belated denunciation.
On Tuesday morning, four minority House caucus groups asked Trump in a letter to remove Bannon, Miller and Gorka from his administration.
Read the full text of the resolution here.
The resolution is co-sponsored by 31 members of Congress:
Reps. Frank Pallone (NJ-06), Alcee Hastings (FL-20), Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), Nydia Velazquez (NY-07), Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), Adam Smith (WA-09), Barbara Lee (CA-13), Grace Napolitano (CA-32), Raul Grijalva (AZ-03), Steve Cohen (TN-09), Hank Johnson (GA-04), Andre Carson (IN-07), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), Judy Chu (CA-27), Bill Foster (IL-11), Donald Payne Jr. (NJ-10), Carol Shea-Porter (NH-11), John Delaney (MD-06), Jared Huffman (CA-02), Mark Pocan (WI-02), Juan Vargas (CA-51), Don Beyer (VA-08), Brendan Boyle (PA-13), Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11), Debbie Dingell (MI-12), Seth Moulton (MA-06), Dwight Evans (PA-02), Ro Khanna (CA-17), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) and Al Lawson (FL-05).
I can’t find the list of co-sponsors yet. I would bet that not a single Republican signed as a co-sponsor. Not even those who condemned violence in Charlottesville. I would love to be wrong though.
Keep up the pressure. Because of protesters out front, 45 had to enter the High Tower last night via a service entrance in the alley. He should be particularly un-nerved about now.
People often question - why would Trump voters vote for him? What do they get out of it? What tangible benefit do they realize from the Trump presidency? That’s an easy one. What happened in Charlottesville gives you your answer. For a very large chunk of Trump voters, he has made them feel it is ok for them to be openly racist. To carry torches in support of white supremacy, to use racial epithets. We shouldn’t underestimate the thrill his band of idiot racists feel at believing they have been given permission to do this again, that it is ok to express your racial hatred. That is a tangible benefit they feel every day. And so the racist core of his base sticks with him through everything. Even if the economy tanks, they are living in squalor, the coal jobs don’t come back (they’re not going to come back), well, they get to let their racist flags fly, so life is good.
Way too much for donnie to read at once.
I have to believe that it is not 60 million racists (especially remembering that voting age population is less than 240 million). I would still bet that most/more than half of his voters are simply gullible.