Headline RoundupJuly 15th, 2019

House To Vote on Resolution Condemning Trump Tweets

White House, Donald Trump, Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Politics

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The House has proposed a resolution to formally condemn President Donald Trump's Sunday tweets, in which he said that progressive Democratic congresswomen should "go back" to countries they "came from" and fix problems there, "then come back and show us how it is done." The tweets were directed toward Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN). Many left-leaning media outlets said many GOP lawmakers had yet to comment on the tweets. Some right-leaning media outlets pointed out individual GOP lawmakers who had commented on the tweets. Some on both sides labeled Trump's comments as racist.

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Pelosi to introduce resolution condemning Trump's 'go-home' comments

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House Democrats said Monday they plan to introduce a resolution condemning President Trump’s “xenophobic” comments against four freshman Democratic lawmakers, as more Republicans publicly criticized Mr. Trump for his remarks telling the Democrats to go back to their original countries.

“The House cannot allow the president’s characterization of immigrants to our country to stand,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told colleagues in a letter. “Our Republican colleagues must join us in condemning the president’s xenophobic tweets.”

She said a resolution will be introduced by Rep. Tom Malinowski of New Jersey, who...

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As Trump doubles down on racist comments, House to vote on condemning them

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President Trump's racist taunt that four congresswomen of color "go back" to the "places from which they came" unified Democrats just as they were facing one of their most serious fractures since taking control of the House.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) said on Monday the House would vote on a resolution condemning “the president’s xenophobic tweets.” The resolution is being drafted by House Democrats who were born abroad, including Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.), who was born in communist Poland and moved to central New Jersey when he was 6...

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Pelosi announces House resolution to condemn Trump's 'xenophobic tweets'

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“Not at all,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday when asked if his tweets about the lawmakers were racist. “If somebody has a problem with our country, if somebody doesn’t want to be in our country, they should leave.”

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) is also drafting a resolution to condemn Trump for his tweets. A spokesman for Jackson Lee said that her office is in discussions with House leadership.

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