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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 3 

Censuring President Donald J. Trump for attempting to overturn the results 

of the 2020 Presidential election through unlawful means and for inciting 

insurrection. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 11, 2021 

Ms. NORTON (for herself, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. KUSTER, and 

Mr. CARSON) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Censuring President Donald J. Trump for attempting to 

overturn the results of the 2020 Presidential election 

through unlawful means and for inciting insurrection. 

Whereas, on January 2, 2021, President Donald J. Trump 

called the secretary of state of Georgia, Brad 

Raffensperger, demanding that Secretary Raffensperger, 

inter alia, overturn the results of the 2020 presidential 

election in Georgia by ‘‘find[ing] me 11,780 votes,’’ which 

would change the outcome in that State’s election and 

nullify the votes of millions of Americans who voted for 

President-elect Joseph R. Biden, including African Americans and other people of color, notwithstanding that the 

State had already certified the winner after thrice counting the votes in favor of President-elect Biden; 


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Whereas President Trump has consistently raised unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud, while producing no evidence 

in court or to the public, challenging the security and accuracy of the 2020 Presidential election, despite his Administration saying that this was the most secure election 

in U.S. history; 

Whereas President Trump has incited his followers to challenge the election with his baseless claims against the 

2020 Presidential election; 

Whereas, on January 6, 2021, the House of Representatives 

and Senate met at the United States Capitol in a Joint 

Session to count the votes of the Electoral College; 

Whereas, on January 6, 2021, immediately prior to the Joint 

Session, President Trump spoke to a large crowd in the 

District of Columbia, where he again raised baseless 

questions about the legitimacy of the 2020 Presidential 

election and thereby encouraged the crowd to falsely believe that fraud had occurred; 

Whereas, in his speech on January 6, 2021, President Trump 

used phrases like ‘‘fight like hell’’, ‘‘[y]ou have to show 

strength and you have to be strong’’, ‘‘you’ll never take 

back our country with weakness’’, and ‘‘everyone here 

will soon be marching over to the Capitol’’; said that 

President-elect Biden and his supporters are ‘‘not gonna 

take this White House’’, and again stated that he won 

the election ‘‘by a lot’’ and that ‘‘we won this election, 

and we won it by a landslide’’; 

Whereas, on January 6, 2021, members of the crowd, incited 

by the President’s speech, and intending to, among other 

objectives, interfere with the counting of the votes of the 


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Electoral College, breached the United States Capitol, 

and committed violent, seditious, and destructive acts; 

Whereas, as a result of that attack on the Capitol, at least 

five individuals lost their lives, and numerous others were 

left injured; 

Whereas, during the attack, President Trump told the insurrectionists, ‘‘we love you’’, and told them to remember 

that day forever; and 

Whereas President Trump has violated his constitutional duties to ‘‘preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of 

the United States’’ and to ‘‘faithfully execute’’ his office: 

Now, therefore, be it: 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That the House of Representatives (the Sen3 ate concurring)— 

4 (1) censures President Donald J. Trump for 

5 the actions he took as set forth above, including at6 tempting to overturn the 2020 Presidential election 

7 and inciting insurrection at the United States Cap8 itol on January 6, 2021; 

9 (2) calls upon President Trump— 

10 (A) to acknowledge that President-elect 

11 Joseph R. Biden was the victor of the 2020 

12 presidential election and that President-elect 

13 Biden will be the lawful President on January 

14 20, 2021; 


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1 (B) to call on his supporters not to engage 

2 in violence; 

3 (C) to disavow the actions of the insurrec4 tionists who attacked the United States Capitol 

5 on January 6, 2021; and 

6 (D) to denounce any further acts of vio7 lence, including any planned to occur sur8 rounding the 58th Presidential Inauguration; 

9 and 

10 (3) finds that, in engaging in the above cited 

11 actions, President Donald J. Trump ‘‘as an officer 

12 of the United States . . . engaged in insurrection or 

13 rebellion against the [United States], or given aid or 

14 comfort to the enemies thereof,’’ making him ineli15 gible for future office, unless Congress, in the fu16 ture, ‘‘by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove 

17 such disability,’’ under section 3 of the 14th Amend18 ment to the United States Constitution. 

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