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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 77 

Condemning fear-mongering, racism, anti-Semitism, bigotry, and violence 

perpetrated by hate groups. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 15, 2017 

Ms. JAYAPAL (for herself, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 

KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. EVANS, Mr. 

DESAULNIER, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. SHEAPORTER, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. NADLER, Mr. JOHNSON

of Georgia, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. MOULTON, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. BEYER, Ms. PINGREE, and Mr. VARGAS) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Condemning fear-mongering, racism, anti-Semitism, bigotry, 

and violence perpetrated by hate groups. 

Whereas on the night of Friday, August 11, 2017, a day before a planned White supremacist march was to occur in 

Charlottesville, Virginia, hundreds of torch-bearing White 

extremist protesters chanting racist and anti-Semitic slogans gathered on the grounds of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia; 

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testers and counterdemonstrators gathered at Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Virginia; 

Whereas the White supremacist march turned violent, culminating in the death of peaceful, counterdemonstrators 

Heather Heyer and injuries sustained by 19 others after 

a car driven by a neo-Nazi sympathizer deliberately 

struck the counterdemonstrators; 

Whereas two Virginia State Troopers, Lt. H. Jay Cullen and 

Trooper-Pilot Berke M.M. Bates, perished in a helicopter 

crash as they were responding to the march; 

Whereas in response to the events, President Trump said, 

‘‘We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence on many 

sides, on many sides. It’s been going on for a long time 

in our country. Not Donald Trump, not Barack Obama. 

This has been going on for a long, long time.’’; 

Whereas Members of Congress from both the Republican and 

the Democratic parties called on the President to make 

clear that this statement was grossly inadequate as it 

failed to denounce domestic terrorism perpetrated by the 

White supremacist, neo-Nazi, and Ku Klux Klan groups 

in Charlottesville; 

Whereas White supremacist hate websites praised the President’s incomplete statements, with a member of one such 

White supremacist group saying, ‘‘Trump comments were 

good. He didn’t attack us . . . Nothing specific against 

us . . . Also refused to answer a question about White 

nationalists supporting him. No condemnation at all. 

When asked to condemn, he just walked out of the room. 

Really, really good . . .’’; 


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Whereas when President Trump made a statement more than 

two days after the violence that occurred in Charlottesville, he still failed to place blame for that violence directly on the White supremacist groups; and 

Whereas White supremacist and hate groups are now organizing similar rallies in cities across the United States 

and communities everywhere are suffering from fear at 

the growing and open display of hate and violence being 

perpetrated by such groups: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That Congress— 

3 (1) condemns the role of White supremacist 

4 groups in inciting violence in Charlottesville, Vir5 ginia; 

6 (2) denounces the increase in organizing and 

7 the increase in fear-mongering, racism, anti-Semi8 tism, bigotry, and violence perpetrated by White su9 premacist, neo-Nazi, Ku Klux Klan, and other hate 

10 groups; 

11 (3) offers its deepest condolences and sym12 pathies to the family of Heather Heyer, Lt. H. Jay 

13 Cullen, and Trooper-Pilot Berke M.M. Bates and 

14 wishes a quick recovery to those injured; and 

15 (4) strongly urges President Trump— 

16 (A) to disavow any support received from 

17 White supremacist, neo-Nazi, Ku Klux Klan, 

18 and other hate groups; 


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1 (B) terminate from employment with (or 

2 any contractual relationship with), and prohibit 

3 the hiring of, individuals in the White House or 

4 the Trump Administration who have supported 

5 or encouraged support for White supremacists; 

6 (C) to use all available resources of the of7 fice of the President and the Cabinet to address 

8 the growing prevalence of such hate groups do9 mestically; and 

10 (D) to use the office of the President to 

11 unite the country against hate. 

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