IV 
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. HAS-
TINGS, 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. SHEA- 
PORTER, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. NADLER, Mr. JOHNSON 
of Georgia, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. MOULTON, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. GRI-
JALVA, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. BEYER, Ms. PINGREE, and Mr. VARGAS) sub-
mitted 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 be-
fore a planned White supremacist march was to occur in 
Charlottesville, Virginia, hundreds of torch-bearing White 
extremist protesters chanting racist and anti-Semitic slo-
gans gathered on the grounds of the University of Vir-
ginia in Charlottesville, Virginia; 
Whereas on Saturday, August 12, 2017, ahead of the sched-
uled start time of such White supremacist march, pro-
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testers and counterdemonstrators gathered at Emanci-
pation Park in Charlottesville, Virginia; 
Whereas the White supremacist march turned violent, culmi-
nating 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 egre-
gious 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 Presi-
dent’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 Charlottes-
ville, he still failed to place blame for that violence di-
rectly on the White supremacist groups; and 
Whereas White supremacist and hate groups are now orga-
nizing 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 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) condemns the role of White supremacist 
groups in inciting violence in Charlottesville, Vir-
ginia; 
(2) denounces the increase in organizing and 
the increase in fear-mongering, racism, anti-Semi-
tism, bigotry, and violence perpetrated by White su-
premacist, neo-Nazi, Ku Klux Klan, and other hate 
groups; 
(3) offers its deepest condolences and sym-
pathies to the family of Heather Heyer, Lt. H. Jay 
Cullen, and Trooper-Pilot Berke M.M. Bates and 
wishes a quick recovery to those injured; and 
(4) strongly urges President Trump— 
(A) to disavow any support received from 
White supremacist, neo-Nazi, Ku Klux Klan, 
and other hate groups; 
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(B) terminate from employment with (or 
any contractual relationship with), and prohibit 
the hiring of, individuals in the White House or 
the Trump Administration who have supported 
or encouraged support for White supremacists; 
(C) to use all available resources of the of-
fice of the President and the Cabinet to address 
the growing prevalence of such hate groups do-
mestically; and 
(D) to use the office of the President to 
unite the country against hate. 
Æ 
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