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Democrats move to formally censure Trump over Charlottesville
McClatchy ^ | 16 Aug 2017 | LESLEY CLARK

Posted on 08/16/2017 3:45:18 PM PDT by mandaladon

WASHINGTON House Democrats are introducing a formal resolution to denounce President Donald Trump for saying that “both sides” are to blame for a violent encounter between white supremacists and neo-Nazis and the activists who showed up to protest them.

While the censure is unlikely to see traction in the GOP-led House, it serves as a rebuke to Trump and mirrors some of the Republican criticism the president has faced for his remarks.

“A president of the United States cannot support neo-Nazis. It’s just beyond the pale,” said Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., a member of the House Judiciary Committee. “I hope Republicans who have expressed outrage with what he said put their money where their mouth is.”

Just three Democrats have signed onto the measure, but Nadler says he expects more to follow.

With this tactic, Democrats are taking a page from Republicans who frequently filed censure resolutions against President Barack Obama and members of his administration. Most died on the vine, but the Republican-controlled House of Representatives in 2012 voted to censure then-Attorney General Eric Holder for his role in the botched Fast and Furious gun-running operation into Mexico.

A number of lawmakers also introduced censures against Bill Clinton over his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky and resolutions were filed against George W. Bush for authorizing a no-warrant domestic surveillance program.

One president was formally censured: President Andrew Jackson in 1834 was admonished by the Senate for refusing to turn over documents that lawmakers had requested.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 115th; charlottesville; democrat; democrats; dems; dopeydems; fakenews; progressives; snowflakes; trump
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To: faithhopecharity

What he said was true- violence was on both sides.

Why won’t anyone go to the videotape? There is tons of footage of the melee; but none on MSM (or Fox, for that matter). Wonder why? Because it proves the counter-protesters were more at fault than the protesters.


121 posted on 08/17/2017 5:09:57 AM PDT by dan on the right
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To: blueunicorn6; All

I just read this comment on Facebook:

Yes, it was funded by Soros. There was an ad placed in Craigslist. Called them myself. They specifically wanted protesters to protest against the white nationalists. $25 dollars an hr. I asked if I could work all day, they said “I could work 24hr straight if I wanted to!” They were willing to pay $25 an hour for 24hrs.

They had transportation ready from every state within the USA, too! I asked how would they know if I was working at all? Here’s the good part... they had a tracker on you, sort of like a credit card. You had to check in every 5hrs with a lead! I asked if I could work again, I was told that they had work for the next 3.5 yrs!

This is real, and it will only get worse!!


122 posted on 08/17/2017 5:33:54 AM PDT by toldyou (Even if the voices aren't real, they have some pretty good ideas.)
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To: dan on the right

Can you find me such a video and link it? I think the most frustrating thing about this story is the inability to see what really went on here.


123 posted on 08/17/2017 5:38:14 AM PDT by piusv (Pray for a return to the pre-Vatican II (Catholic) Faith)
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To: mandaladon

Huh?


124 posted on 08/17/2017 5:47:12 AM PDT by nikos1121 (Rudy Guiuliani for Head of FBI)
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To: Flick Lives

Ed Zachary! Goal posts, goal lines, baskets, footballs being moved each and every time.


125 posted on 08/17/2017 6:15:42 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: metmom

“I can’t believe that they are so stupid as to say that his blaming BOTH sides means he’s supporting the nazi’s”

Just like saying “all lives matter” means you’re racist.


126 posted on 08/17/2017 6:26:20 AM PDT by enumerated
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To: mandaladon

Just censure? You mean they are skipping the opportunity to try and impeach him?!


127 posted on 08/17/2017 6:40:35 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Drain the Swamp is not party specific. Lyn' Ted is still a liar, Good riddance to him.)
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To: Reno89519

This is just the first step...impeachment will come later...


128 posted on 08/17/2017 6:54:23 AM PDT by mandaladon (It's always good to be underestimated. ~Donald Trump)
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To: faithhopecharity

What would he be censured for? I’m unclear on any possibility.


129 posted on 08/17/2017 7:11:44 AM PDT by raiderboy (Moore for Alabama Senate!!)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Yep...From here on out, it’s Trump and us against all the government....


130 posted on 08/17/2017 7:19:10 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: mandaladon

There has to be protests outside the Capitol. Trump is absolutely right and they know it. In fact, peaceful demonstration degenerate into riots pretty much the same way, from Gordon’s riot in 1783 to the present. Decent people come with no intention except to express their opinions and petition for a redress of grievances. There can even be counterdemonstrators. Then the bad actors move in and coopt the demonstration with rowdy or vicious behavior. The decent people begin to leave, and the bad actors get louder and louder, until it becomes a free-for-all. This time, the police helped it along by outright leaving, and the Unite The Right leader was a provacateur, and Intifa and BLM, of course, did what they always do.


131 posted on 08/17/2017 8:16:59 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: mandaladon

Rat lib-tards having a hissy-fit. Go eff yourselves. You lost, we won. GET OVER IT.


132 posted on 08/17/2017 8:22:52 AM PDT by fivecatsandadog (DRAIN THE SWAMP. BUILD THE WALL. EFF the rogue judges, Obama and the MSM.)
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To: mandaladon

It will all backfire on the Dems. They are on thin ice.


133 posted on 08/17/2017 8:26:16 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: mandaladon

The lying, hypocritical Democratic Party defended slavery, founded the KKK, and have a long history of fighting against civil rights in the U.S.

https://www.prageru.com/courses/history/inconvenient-truth-about-democratic-party

The Right should be calling for all symbols of the lying, hypocritical Democratic party to be hung and burned in effigy and all lying, hypocritical Democratic leaders formally censured.


134 posted on 08/17/2017 9:12:04 AM PDT by Jim W N
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To: mandaladon

I hope you forgot your “sarc” tag.


135 posted on 08/17/2017 9:44:14 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation ("You can't fix America without pissing off the people who broke it".....Bill Mitchell)
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To: mandaladon

“This is just the first step....impeachment will come later.”
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Only in the wet dreams of moonbat RATS and Never-Trumper corrupt GOPe losers.


136 posted on 08/17/2017 9:49:45 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation ("You can't fix America without pissing off the people who broke it".....Bill Mitchell)
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To: mandaladon

The civil war is here.


137 posted on 08/17/2017 12:16:19 PM PDT by MeganC (Democrat by birth, Republican by default, conservative by principle.)
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To: plain talk

He can develop alliances with the American people who live in these recalcitrant legislators’ districts. We can protest and march where they live...both Republican and Democrat!


138 posted on 08/17/2017 12:30:33 PM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: mandaladon

Democrats are totally unhinged!!!


139 posted on 08/17/2017 1:48:02 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: mandaladon

Anyone with two eyeballs could see the violence on Both sides!!! What in hell is wrong with Trump pointing out the obvious? Keep it up President Trump!!! The damn liberals can’t handle the truth!!!


140 posted on 08/17/2017 1:50:59 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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