IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 496 
Condemning and censuring President Donald Trump. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 18, 2017 
Mr. NADLER (for himself, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. CROW-
LEY, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. FOS-
TER, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. PETERS, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. 
FUDGE, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. TONKO, Mr. 
LAWSON of Florida, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. GRI-
JALVA, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. COHEN, Mr. WALZ, Ms. CLARKE of New York, 
Mr. LYNCH, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. LOEBSACK, 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. LEE, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, 
Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. SERRANO, 
Mr. RASKIN, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, 
Mr. TAKANO, Ms. MENG, Mr. POCAN, Ms. MAXINE WATERS of Cali-
fornia, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. BEYER, Ms. SHEA-POR-
TER, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Ms. BASS, Mr. SMITH of Washington, 
Mr. CLAY, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. PIN-
GREE, Mrs. TORRES, Mr. EVANS, Mr. SIRES, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. 
MCEACHIN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. HIGGINS of New 
York, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico, Mr. LAN-
GEVIN, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. SHERMAN, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. 
DESAULNIER, Mr. KIHUEN, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. 
MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. 
ADAMS, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. GOMEZ, and Mr. MCGOVERN) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning and censuring President Donald Trump. 
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Whereas, on August 11, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia, a 
gathering of White supremacists, including neo-Nazis, Ku 
Klux Klan (KKK) members, and other White nationalist 
groups, marched through the streets with torches as part 
of a coordinated ‘‘Unite the Right’’ rally spewing racism, 
anti-Semitism, bigotry and hatred; 
Whereas, on August 12, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia, a 
car driven by James Alex Fields, Jr., rammed into a 
crowd of counter-protestors, killing Heather Heyer and 
injuring 20 others; 
Whereas President Donald Trump’s immediate public com-
ments rebuked ‘‘many sides’’ for the violence in Char-
lottesville, Virginia, and failed to specifically condemn the 
‘‘Unite the Right’’ rally or cite the White supremacist, 
neo-Nazi gathering as responsible for actions of domestic 
terrorism; 
Whereas, on August 15, 2017, President Donald Trump held 
a press conference at Trump Tower where he reasserted 
that ‘‘both sides’’ were to blame for the violence in Char-
lottesville, Virginia, and attempted to create a moral 
equivalency between White supremacist, KKK, neo-Nazi 
groups and those counter-protesting the ‘‘Unite the 
Right’’ rally; 
Whereas President Donald Trump has surrounded himself 
with, and cultivated the influence of, senior advisors and 
spokespeople who have long histories of promoting White 
nationalist, racist, and anti-Semitic principles and poli-
cies within the country; 
Whereas President Donald Trump has provided encourage-
ment and little to no denunciation of White supremacist 
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groups and individuals who promote their bigoted, na-
tionalist ideology and policies; and 
Whereas President Donald Trump has failed to provide ade-
quate condemnation and assure the American people of 
his resolve to opposing domestic terrorism: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) does hereby censure and condemn President 
Donald Trump for his inadequate response to the vi-
olence in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12, 
2017, his failure to immediately and specifically 
name and condemn the White supremacist groups 
responsible for actions of domestic terrorism, for re-
asserting that ‘‘both sides’’ were to blame and excus-
ing the violent behavior of participants in the ‘‘Unite 
the Right’’ rally, and for employing people with ties 
to White supremacist movements in the White 
House, such as Steve Bannon and Sebastian Gorka; 
and 
(2) does hereby urge President Donald Trump 
to fire any and all White House advisors who have 
urged him to cater to the White supremacist move-
ment in the United States. 
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