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."
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I feel sorry for the “normal” people in California. They are certainly victims of the reprobate mindset of the state.
When I was young, Black people were considered tough. Now they’re the biggest bunch of whiny pussies in America.
WHERE’S THE REPUBLICAN RESPONSE ?
Responding to these kinds of accusations by defending the accused gives the accusation creds.
What should be happening when stuff like this pops up in their respective legislature calendar.State legislative members (House or Senate) of the opposition party should band together and beside pointing out the waste of money with such stupid resolutions in the case of Charlotttville, attack that governor and mayor for allowing that situation to get out of control.While pointing out political postions taken llke sanctuary (partcicularly in states where the socialists are in control) besides taking jobs are costing them big tax money.
“Time to introduce a little reality into the insanity of the California legislature.”
California dreaming. It’s on the news this morning that both houses have passed the Sanctuary State bill. Presumably, governor Moonbeam will sign it. I’m thinking that the California secession movement will now take on a new deminsion; that being a secession movement by the northern half and inner mountain stretch to become a separate state. At any rate, Cali will be interesting over the next few years for sure.
Funny they wait until one of their own (Pelosi), has her admission that Trump was right, fade from their pea brains.
The Western sun must suck all the brain power out of these Nutsafornia Loons. Maybe it’s a requirement to have dementia to live out there. Almost everything you hear from there indicates they are mostly bat sh*it crazy.
Moon bats moon battery. I say again CA is one earthquake away from obscurity ...
It was a great place when we left in 1974.
California. A failed former state of the United States that vanished in the mega-quake.
Yikes! Is there really any hope for people that deluded? Sadly I don’t think so.
Moved there 54 years ago. It was truly wonderful.
Left 28 years ago. Never going back. I do miss the Mexican food though.
We have plenty of Mexican food here in Texas.
Reminds me of one of Warren Zevon’s best lines:
If California slides into the ocean
Like the mystics and statistics say it will
I predict this motel will be standing
Until I pay my bill
They suck. They deliberately shoved a mike in front of Trump with the intention of trapping him in his words, which they did. Filthy liars.
It figures. Another low IQ dumb negro.
Maybe someone should tell this idiot that John Kessler, the organizer of the false flag “white supremacist” group Unite the Right, is a supporter of Hillary and Obama, and a member of Occupy Wall Street.
Back to the future. It’s 1984 and California is INSOC. Is censuring Trump not an act of hate ?
Another race baiting idiot.
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