IV 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 496 

Condemning and censuring President Donald Trump. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 18, 2017 

Mr. NADLER (for himself, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. PETERS, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. 

FUDGE, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. TONKO, Mr. 

LAWSON of Florida, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. COHEN, Mr. WALZ, Ms. CLARKE of New York, 

Mr. LYNCH, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. LOEBSACK, 

Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. LEE, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, 

Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. SERRANO, 

Mr. RASKIN, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, 

Mr. TAKANO, Ms. MENG, Mr. POCAN, Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California, Mr. GUTIE ́RREZ, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. BEYER, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Ms. BASS, Mr. SMITH of Washington, 

Mr. CLAY, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. PINGREE, Mrs. TORRES, Mr. EVANS, Mr. SIRES, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. 

MCEACHIN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. HIGGINS of New 

York, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA ́N of New Mexico, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. SHERMAN, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. 

DESAULNIER, Mr. KIHUEN, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. 

MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. 

ADAMS, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. GOMEZ, and Mr. MCGOVERN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 

the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning and censuring President Donald Trump. 


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Whereas, on August 11, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia, a 

gathering of White supremacists, including neo-Nazis, Ku 

Klux Klan (KKK) members, and other 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 Trump’s 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 reasserted 

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, racist, and anti-Semitic principles and policies within the country; 

Whereas President Donald Trump has provided encouragement and little to no denunciation of White supremacist 


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groups and individuals who promote their bigoted, nationalist ideology and policies; and 

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 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) does hereby censure and condemn President 

3 Donald Trump for his inadequate response to the vi4 olence in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12, 

5 2017, his failure to immediately and specifically 

6 name and condemn the White supremacist groups 

7 responsible for actions of domestic terrorism, for re8 asserting that ‘‘both sides’’ were to blame and excus9 ing the violent behavior of participants in the ‘‘Unite 

10 the Right’’ rally, and for employing people with ties 

11 to White supremacist movements in the White 

12 House, such as Steve Bannon and Sebastian Gorka; 

13 and 

14 (2) does hereby urge President Donald Trump 

15 to fire any and all White House advisors who have 

16 urged him to cater to the White supremacist move17 ment in the United States. 

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