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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 490 

Condemning and censuring President Donald Trump. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 15, 2019 

Mr. COHEN (for himself, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. 

TLAIB, Ms. OMAR, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CASTRO of 

Texas, Ms. JAYAPAL, and Ms. PRESSLEY) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning and censuring President Donald Trump. 

Whereas since its founding, our Nation has recognized the 

strength in diversity by making our national motto E 

Pluribus Unum; 

Whereas we continue to strive to live up to our national values equality, opportunity, and pluralism as we continuously strive to create a more perfect union; 

Whereas President Donald Trump has continually maligned 

and scapegoated immigrants, people of color, and religious minorities, and attempted to use race and national 

origin to degrade people of color and delegitimize public 

officials; 

Whereas President Donald Trump has a long history of making repugnant statements, including stating that ‘‘both 


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sides’’ were to blame for the violence in Charlottesville, 

Virginia, attempting to create a moral equivalency between White supremacists, the KKK, neo-Nazi groups, 

and those counter-protesting the ‘‘Unite the Right’’ rally, 

and referring to African nations as ‘‘shithole countries’’ 

or ‘‘shithouse countries’’; 

Whereas the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 

has planned to intimate domestic immigration raids, targeting thousands of migrant families; 

Whereas to sow widespread fear, on June 19, 2019, President Donald Trump tweeted ‘‘Next week ICE will begin 

the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who 

have illicitly found their way into the United States.’’; 

Whereas on July 14, when ICE was expected to initiate coordinated immigration raids across the United States, 

President Donald Trump tweeted ‘‘So interesting to see 

‘Progressive’ Democrat Congresswomen, who originally 

came from countries whose governments are a complete 

and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept 

anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning 

government at all), now loudly . . . and viciously telling 

the people of the United States, the greatest and most 

powerful Nation on earth, how our Government is to be 

run. Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. 

Then come back and show us how . . . it is done. These 

places need your help badly, you can’t leave fast enough. 

I’m sure that Nancy Pelosi would be very happy to quickly work out free travel arrangements!’’; 

Whereas President Donald Trump was referring to Representatives Alexandra Ocasio Cortez, Ilhan Omar, 

Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib, who are all United 


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States citizens and duly elected members of the House of 

Representatives; 

Whereas these comments were widely criticized as racist and 

designed to promote a White nationalist view of the 

United States where immigrants and people of color 

should be expelled; 

Whereas on July 15, President Donald Trump was asked if 

‘‘it concerned you that many people saw that tweet as 

racist and that White nationalists are finding common 

cause with you on that point?’’, and responded by stating 

that ‘‘It doesn’t concern me because many people agree 

with me and all I’m saying is if they want to leave, they 

can leave’’; and 

Whereas in response to the criticism and outrage about his 

comments, President Donald Trump sought to further divide the Nation: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) censures and condemns President Donald 

3 Trump for his tweets made on July 14 and 15, 

4 2019, which are xenophobic, promote White su5 premacist and nativist ideologies, and violate the 

6 President’s oath of office to uphold and defend the 

7 Constitution, which includes respect for the demo8 cratic process and the Congress; and 

9 (2) calls on President Donald Trump to apolo10 gize for his repugnant comments described in this 

11 resolution which have disgraced the Office of the 


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1 President and dishonored the United States of 

2 America. 

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