Title: Condemning the bigotry that was displayed and voiced during the January 6th siege of the United States Capitol, the prominent role played by White supremacists and domestic terrorists in planning and leading the siege, and the elected officials who encouraged them.
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Summary:
This resolution condemns the bigotry that fueled those who stormed the U.S. Capitol, the elected officials who stoked that bigotry, including former President Trump, and the Members of Congress who have continued to support those individuals.
It reaffirms that harmful rhetoric and violent behavior against individuals based on factors including religion, race, immigration status, and sex will not be tolerated.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 103 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 103

Condemning the bigotry that was displayed and voiced during the January 
 6th siege of the United States Capitol, the prominent role played by 
White supremacists and domestic terrorists in planning and leading the 
         siege, and the elected officials who encouraged them.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 5, 2021

   Ms. Chu (for herself, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Ruiz, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
    Carson, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Rush, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Trone, Mr. 
 Hastings, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Omar, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Evans, Ms. Bass, Mr. 
Cooper, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Torres of California, 
 Mr. Takano, Mr. Brown, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. 
  Schakowsky, Mr. Payne, Mr. Crow, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Meng, Mr. 
Blumenauer, Mr. Meeks, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. 
    Norton, Mr. Auchincloss, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Green of Texas, Ms. 
Velazquez, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Cardenas, Ms. Escobar, Ms. 
 Barragan, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Tlaib, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. 
Torres of New York, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Sires, Ms. Bonamici, 
 and Mr. Costa) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
   to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Condemning the bigotry that was displayed and voiced during the January 
 6th siege of the United States Capitol, the prominent role played by 
White supremacists and domestic terrorists in planning and leading the 
         siege, and the elected officials who encouraged them.

Whereas participants in the violent January 6, 2021, siege on the United States 
        Capitol carried, wore, and displayed overt White supremacist slogans and 
        symbols of QAnon, which the Federal Bureau of Investigation has labeled 
        a domestic terror threat;
Whereas the violent siege was in part organized by members of the Proud Boys, a 
        group known to be Islamophobic, misogynist, nativist, and with ties to 
        known anti-Semites, White supremacists, and conspiracy theorists;
Whereas known White supremacists helped organize the riot and were visibly 
        present among the group;
Whereas the Federal Bureau of Investigation has reported that dozens of those 
        who attended the siege are known White supremacists who are on a 
        terrorist watchlist;
Whereas visible in the crowd were Nazi flags, swastikas, and messages of 
        Holocaust denial, including slogans like ``Work Brings Freedom'', a 
        phrase printed on the gates of the Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz, 
        and ``6MWE'', which stands for ``6 Million Wasn't Enough'', a reference 
        to the 6,000,000 Jews murdered in the Holocaust;
Whereas the Nazi swastika is a global symbol of hate, genocide, and bigotry, and 
        an anathema to democratic and free-thinking societies;
Whereas rioters at the Capitol waved the racist and anti-American Confederate 
        battle flag and carried it through the halls of the Capitol, something 
        which Union soldiers fought and died to prevent;
Whereas the Confederate battle flag, wielded by southern Dixiecrats to inflict 
        terror, represents the ``Lost Cause'' myth, segregationists, and White 
        nationalism, and continues to represent terrorism, violence, and the 
        oppression of Black people;
Whereas these symbols of oppression were visible in the crowd when they were 
        addressed by then President Donald Trump and Members of Congress;
Whereas one of the Members of Congress who spoke to the crowd outside the 
        Capitol said ``Hitler was right on one thing . . .'';
Whereas Hitler was a mass murderer, propagandist, and dictator who orchestrated 
        the Holocaust;
Whereas the seditionists who planned and participated in the attempted coup 
        against the United States Government and the violent siege of the United 
        States Capitol while carrying long guns, Molotov cocktails, explosive 
        devices, and zip ties, were treated with more respect and less hostility 
        than the protesters who peacefully assembled to protest racial injustice 
        in the plaza between St. John's Church and Lafayette Square where they 
        were tear gassed to create a path for then President Trump to take a 
        staged photo at the church;
Whereas despite early requests for additional reinforcements from the National 
        Guard, the Trump administration refused to approve the request while 
        President Trump failed to condemn the terrorists storming the United 
        States Capitol;
Whereas, even after this group began acting violently, President Trump offered 
        encouragement saying, ``We love you'';
Whereas supporters of the seditionists have continued to argue that peaceful 
        protesters of color and people of color are a greater threat to our 
        country than an armed siege of the United States Capitol;
Whereas even after the siege, Senator Josh Hawley, Congressman Mo Brooks, 
        Congressman Paul Gosar, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, and 
        Congresswoman Lauren Boebert continued to support the seditionists who 
        perpetrated this heinous and treasonous act;
Whereas Senator Hawley and Congressman Brooks have compared peaceful protesters 
        of color to terrorists and rioters;
Whereas Congressman Paul Gosar justified the murder of a peaceful Black Lives 
        Matter protester as ``self-defense'' but has continued to support an 
        armed attempted coup of the United States Government and has been 
        accused of allegedly participating in planning the coup;
Whereas Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has said that Muslims do not belong 
        in the government, has called Black voters ``slaves'', and continues to 
        support baseless theories that the election was stolen;
Whereas Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, during the debate on the second 
        impeachment of Donald Trump, argued openly that peaceful protests for 
        racial justice and democratic values are a greater threat to the United 
        States than the seditionists that actively tried to overthrow the United 
        States Government by stopping the peaceful transition of power through a 
        premeditated, violent siege of the United States Capitol;
Whereas Congressman Madison Cawthorn, who has implied in political communication 
        that those who support the election of people of color ``aim to ruin 
        White males'', called upon the insurrectionists to ``lightly threaten'' 
        their Congressperson and state ``I'm coming after you'' the morning of 
        the riot and only expressed concern over the siege after receiving push 
        back in his own district;
Whereas Congresswoman Lauren Boebert supported the sedition and recklessly put 
        her House colleagues in danger by posting a message on Twitter saying, 
        ``The Speaker has been removed from the chambers'' as a pro-Trump mob 
        breached the Capitol;
Whereas certain Republican Members of Congress allegedly led a reconnaissance 
        mission through the Capitol on January 5, the preceding day before 
        insurrectionists took part in a deadly siege on the legislative branch;
Whereas in advance of the Capitol riots the panic buttons installed in 
        Representative Ayanna Pressley's office to protect her and her staff 
        were removed from her office without her consent, thus putting her 
        safety at risk;
Whereas in the midst of a pandemic that has disproportionately affected people 
        of color because of long standing structural health and economic 
        inequalities, several Republican Members of Congress refused to take 
        precautions against COVID-19 while in lockdown, which resulted in 
        multiple Members of Congress later testing positive for the coronavirus 
        due to the negligence of their colleagues;
Whereas more than a dozen Republican State and local lawmakers referred to the 
        insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol as ``patriots'' and attended 
        the Capitol insurrection that led to the death of at least 5 people 
        including 1 Capitol police officer;
Whereas Republican National Committee members expressed their continued support 
        for President Trump the morning after the Capitol riot occurred despite 
        the fact that the insurrection left 5 dead and many more wounded due to 
        the violence Donald Trump encouraged;
Whereas Members of Congress and staff who identify as racial and religious 
        minorities have expressed extreme distress and a decreased level of 
        safety knowing that some of their colleagues aided in inciting the 
        siege;
Whereas people of color and religious minorities across the United States have 
        expressed alarm and a decreased level of safety over the racial 
        motivators of the siege on the Capitol;
Whereas Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris, the first woman, Black, and Asian Vice 
        President of the United States, indisputably won the 2020 election;
Whereas that election was certified by a bipartisan vote of the House of 
        Representatives and Senate;
Whereas many Republican Members of Congress cast their votes to overturn the 
        election results not out of genuine conviction, but for short-term 
        political ambition and gain;
Whereas Donald Trump has frequently used openly racist rhetoric and stoked fear 
        and animosity against people of color and religious minorities while 
        engaging with his supporters; and
Whereas Donald Trump and the elected officials who support him spent the months 
        following the election espousing unsubstantiated claims that the 
        election was stolen: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) condemns the bitterness, hate, and bigotry that 
        unequivocally fueled the domestic terrorists that stormed, 
        sieged, and looted the United States Capitol in a failed coup 
        attempt;
            (2) condemns the elected officials that stoked that bigotry 
        including former President Donald Trump;
            (3) condemns the Members of Congress who have continued to 
        support individuals that committed an act of treason against 
        the United States;
            (4) condemns the rhetoric used by Members of Congress, 
        those who participated in the siege, and those who supported 
        the siege during and since January 6th; and
            (5) reaffirms that harmful rhetoric and violent behavior 
        against individuals based on their actual or perceived 
        religion, race, ethnicity, national origin, immigration status, 
        sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, disability, and 
        sex will not be tolerated.
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