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. Its 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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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.
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!!
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.
Huh?
Ed Zachary! Goal posts, goal lines, baskets, footballs being moved each and every time.
“I cant believe that they are so stupid as to say that his blaming BOTH sides means hes supporting the nazis”
Just like saying “all lives matter” means you’re racist.
Just censure? You mean they are skipping the opportunity to try and impeach him?!
This is just the first step...impeachment will come later...
What would he be censured for? I’m unclear on any possibility.
Yep...From here on out, it’s Trump and us against all the government....
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.
Rat lib-tards having a hissy-fit. Go eff yourselves. You lost, we won. GET OVER IT.
It will all backfire on the Dems. They are on thin ice.
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.
I hope you forgot your “sarc” tag.
“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.
The civil war is here.
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!
Democrats are totally unhinged!!!
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!!!
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