Posted on 08/15/2017 12:48:13 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
More than 30 Democratic House members are moving to pressure the Trump administration to fire employees whom they deem supportive of white supremacy.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) introduced a resolution Tuesday condemning the breakout of violence in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend during demonstrations by white nationalists, as well as a series of equivocal statements made by President Trump in the immediate aftermath of the violent protest.
“When the president fails to swiftly condemn white supremacist terrorism, it’s imperative that Congress steps up and says clearly: Hate is not welcome, hate is un-American and we will strongly resist hate wherever it appears,” Jayapal said in a statement.
While the resolution itself calls only for the removal of administration employees "who have supported or encouraged support for White supremacists," a press release issued by Jayapal's office lists White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon, senior adviser Stephen Miller and national security aide Sebastian Gorka as targets of the resolution. The resolution comes as leaders from several minority congressional caucuses also call on the president to oust Bannon, Miller and Gorka.
Before joining Trump's White House, Bannon helmed Breitbart News, which he deemed the "platform for the alt-right." Gorka previously worked as a national security editor for Breitbart.
Trump faced mounting criticism from both Democrats and Republicans for his equivocal statements following the violence in Charlottesville that left one counterprotester dead after a car allegedly driven by an Ohio man with links to neo-Nazi groups plowed into a crowd of demonstrators.
On Monday, the president offered his most forceful rebuke of white supremacists and hate groups, saying that "racism is evil" and calling out groups like the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis.
"Those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans," he said at the White House.
All planned and coordinated. Of course, conservatives will play nice and get their heads handed to them. So tired of this cr@p.
Where do leftists get all this energy!? It never stops. Nevermind, I know where they get it.
What “staff” that have backed white supremacists? They are making stuff up and it sucks.
“...I wonder if she’s even a US citizen?...”
She’s from the “left coast”...not too many real U.S. citizens out there to start with.
And with a name like that....very doubtful.
Is David Duke in Trump's Cabinet? I must have missed that.
Me too. She really sounds like an all-American hometown girl who stepped right out a Dairy Queen. Or maybe not.
Another fantasy outrage.
Womdering why Trump doesnt simply privatize a “ shadow cabinet” of friends and advisors
At least everyone knows who the left fears the most
They want to dictate to a POTUS whom he can have on his staff in positions not requiring confirmations?
Well, isn’t that special.
Insane people wear me out.
First the stage-managed violent political event, with pre-arranged media narrative.
Now the real political requirement and consequences.
And these snowflake Congress critters intend to enforce this edict - how?
Can’t be legislatively, because any measure that does make it through both houses of Congress is certain to be vetoed by Trump himself. Override is HIGHLY unlikely.
Of course, when there IS a howling mob gathered, all bets are off. But such howling mobs have a rather peculiar way of turning upon whatever is the nearest target, and that just might be the Congress critters themselves.
There aren’t enough neo-Nazis to fill a bus and these people know it. Are you telling me BLM is not a hate group, and are we supposed to turn a blind eye to all the communist affiliations these leftist protest groups are associated with? The hate and vitriol in this country is all being produced by the Rats. We’re seeing them play the race card again and again because it always works!
Sure, right after he fires all the muzzies and demonrats the Terrorist in Chief hired.
Hmmm .... maybe there should be a “resolution” that everyone in Congress who has supported in any way BLM (for example) & Antifa types should be kicked out of office. Bye Bye Black Caucus.
These guys and the Donald are catching flack due to their use of social media
Trump or any of these guys cimments or retweets and shares comment and is immediately tied to the originator and evetyone else who shares the tweet and sometimes this leads to flakey people with flakey associations - all linked to Trump by the ever energetic Fake New bureaus
Which I now think is plenty dumb
The President can read and even post bug sheesh, but needs to go on a Twiiter diet about retweeting maybe even explore a new hobby
These other advisors should go dark on social media. Just go dark. Try it for a month. Read silently. Develop response in stealth
President Trump should respond “Loser party says WHAT” and start laughing his ass off
A Bill of Attainder is illegal.
Apparently, auto-correct thinks I misspelled "schmintroduce".
Screw you, auto-correct. Screw you "at least 30 demonicRATS". And screw you Fox News for running with "PRESIDENT Trump is a racist" narrative.
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