Posted on 09/16/2017 11:04:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The lower house of the California legislature on Friday night voted on a resolution urging Congress to formally censure President Trump over his response to violence last month in Charlottesville, Va.
“California sent a strong message to President Trump, and the rest of the nation, that we will no longer tolerate his behavior,” California Assemblymember Tony Thurmond said in a statement.
The measure urges other state legislatures to join it in condemning Trump and calls on the president “to publicly apologize to all Americans for his racist and bigoted behavior.”
The resolution was prompted by Trump’s comments that there was blame on “both sides” of a clash between protesters including white supremacist groups and counterprotesters in a rally opposing the removal of a Confederate statue in Charlottesville.
The president was widely criticized for not explicitly condemning the hate groups involved in his initial, and several subsequent, responses.
Thurmond introduced the resolution, charging that Trump “legitimized” hate groups including the KKK and neo-Nazis by failing to immediately blame them in the aftermath of the violent rally.
“The leader of the free world can’t continue to use language that legitimizes the actions of extremists groups that promote hate,” he said in the statement. “Congress must exercise its power to check the president by voting for his immediate censure.”
On Thursday, Trump signed a congressional resolution condemning white supremacists. The resolution was intended by Congress to urge him to speak out against hate groups.
"We condemn the recent violence in Charlottesville and oppose hatred, bigotry, and racism in all forms," Trump said in a signing statement accompanying the resolution.
The signing statement was criticized by some for failing to again specifically reject the groups referenced in the resolution, which were "white nationalists, white supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis and other hate groups."
I guess it does. I am so glad I left that rat infested state, with more political whores per square mile, than any other state.
Consider the source.
The land of fruits, nuts, and flakes. The far left socialist-democrats who lord over california are just begging to be kicked out of the union.
This is as effective as one Freeper demanding another Freeper to stop posting.
Madness.
California is electorally hopeless for R’s unless about 350,000 get deported.
Libs will defend California at all costs.
Trump would have to federalize the National Guard to enforce alien laws. imho
Idiots. Stick to the troubles in California. Way too full of themselves.
What a jerk. This guy needs to pound sand. He’s the one who owes everyone an apology for wasting our time and money.
[[This is as effective as one Freeper demanding another Freeper to stop posting.]]
Hey- who said you could post?
[[“The leader of the free world can’t continue to use language that legitimizes the actions of extremists groups that promote hate,”]]
Where in T H E Hell did trump ‘legitimize extremists’?
These idiots in Sacramento somehow think they’re still important? That what they say matters? It doesn’t. They’ve become a parody of themselves and everything that’s wrong about socialism, authoritarianism and one party rule.
Fools and losers that are about to find that out the hard way.
Crack bad for you
Wait a sec, is this for real? I mean really real? OK. I think I need to take up drinking, just a bit. A little something to take the edge off living in this modern world of cray cray.
Impeachment will only happen after investigations, hearings, and witnesses testifying under oath. Testimony that will be before the House of Representatives on live television with the whole country watching. Do they really want to explain the Police stand down orders, Antifa not having a permit while having clubs and bottles of urine and feces? President Donald John Trump to testify on his own behalf? Showing people what he actually said, instead of the news wants people to believe?
Finally, do they really want both Unite the Right and Antifa to be properly investigated, including how both sides were funded?
The people pushing this absolutely do not want all parties to have a fair public hearing, unfiltered by the news.
They can stomp their little feets and stage a symbolic succession and stuff. Freaks.
I knew Sen. Strom Thurmond and Tony, you’ll never be half the man he was. Just check out his WW2 combat record and weep for being a little leftist shit.
Rather ridiculous on their part. How much did this political stunt cost California taxpayers?
Trump should designate California (or parts) a federal emergency and move in National guard and appoint a military Governor. Bypass the courts all together.
These people keep insisting they can break federal law, then teach them otherwise.
This has Eric Holder’s fingerprints all over it.
Talk about giving power to hate groups. This kind of resolution will give hate groups encouragement that they are being effective in sowing hats between everyone.
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