IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1065 
Condemning and censuring President Donald Trump. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2026 
Mr. COHEN (for himself, Mr. KENNEDY of New York, Mrs. WATSON COLE-
MAN, and Mr. GREEN of Texas) 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 val-
ues equality, opportunity, and pluralism as we continu-
ously strive to create a more perfect union; 
Whereas President Donald Trump has continually maligned 
and scapegoated immigrants, people of color, and reli-
gious minorities, and attempted to use race and national 
origin to degrade people of color and delegitimize public 
officials; 
Whereas, prior to being elected President, Donald Trump 
often smeared President Obama with racially loaded at-
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tacks, such as completely false claims that President 
Obama was not an American or born in the United 
States; 
Whereas, on Thursday, February 5, 2026, at 11:44 in the 
evening, President Trump reposted a 62-second video 
with false claims about voter fraud in the 2020 election 
and included an image of Former President Barack 
Obama and Former First Lady Michelle Obama as pri-
mates in the jungle; 
Whereas depicting Black people as apes is a long, well-under-
stood racist trope; 
Whereas the post met bipartisan condemnation with Senator 
Tim Scott of South Carolina saying, he was ‘‘praying it 
was fake because it’s the most racist thing I’ve seen out 
of this White House’’; 
Whereas, when initially confronted with Donald Trump’s 
February 5, 2026, post, White House officials initially 
defended the post and stated the calls for its removal of 
the video to be ‘‘fake outrage’’; 
Whereas, after condemnation from both Republican and 
Democratic lawmakers, as well as civil rights organiza-
tions, it took several hours for the post to be taken down; 
Whereas the post was finally removed on Friday, February 
6, 2026; 
Whereas President Trump has claimed that he did not view 
the video in its entirety and that it was a staffer who 
posted the video without reviewing it to the end; 
Whereas, if it was a staff member, that staff member should 
be admonished; and 
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Whereas, even after criticism and outrage about his com-
ments, President Donald Trump believes he has done 
nothing wrong and has refused to apologize: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) censures and condemns President Donald 
Trump for his racist social media post of former 
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle 
Obama as primates made on February 5, 2026, 
which violates the President’s oath of office to up-
hold and defend the Constitution; and 
(2) calls on President Donald Trump to apolo-
gize for his repugnant social media post which have 
disgraced the Office of the President and dishonored 
the United States of America. 
Æ 
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