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Showing Original Post only (View all)White House wont commit to signing joint congressional resolution condemning white supremacists [View all]
White House wont commit to signing joint congressional resolution condemning white supremacistsIt passed unanimously in Congress.
REBEKAH ENTRALGO SEP 12, 2017, 9:12 PM
MEMBERS OF THE KKK ARE ESCORTED BY POLICE PAST A LARGE GROUP OF PROTESTERS DURING A KKK RALLY SATURDAY, JULY 8, 2017, IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. CREDIT: AP PHOTO/STEVE HELBER
Just a day after the Senate unanimously passed a joint resolution condemning the acts violence and domestic terrorism by white supremacists and neo-Nazis over the weekend of August 11 in Charlottesville, Virginia, the House of Representatives unanimously passed it by a voice vote Tuesday evening.
Now it is up to President Donald Trump to officially condemn the actions of white supremacists by signing the joint resolution when it reaches his desk. The White House, however, will not immediately commit to signing it.
https://thinkprogress.org/white-house-wont-commit-to-signing-joint-congressional-resolution-condemning-white-supremacists-25acbd0daa1e/
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White House wont commit to signing joint congressional resolution condemning white supremacists [View all]
workinclasszero
Sep 2017
OP
Just like when T gave his "apology" for his birtherism the base knew he was lying.
Fred Sanders
Sep 2017
#10
"Mr. Trump, do you think people have the right to lynch any [racial epithet] that pisses them off?"
Girard442
Sep 2017
#6
republicans must pay for the betrayal of American principles by republican Comrade Casino*
Achilleaze
Sep 2017
#20
Trump CANNOT condemn his base. He painted himself into a corner with the bigots.
Lee Adama
Sep 2017
#27
It is true that in the TOS of Star Trek was never the line "Beam me up Scotty"... but...
lambchopp59
Sep 2017
#29