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White House won’t commit to signing joint congressional resolution condemning white supremacists
It passed unanimously in Congress.
REBEKAH ENTRALGOSEP 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
passed it by a voice vote Tuesday evening.
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Mark Warner
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Tonight the House passed my resolution condemning hate groups & the Charlottesville attack. POTUS should send a clear message & sign it ASAP
6:56 PM - Sep 12, 2017
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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.
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Kyle Cheney
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Asked whether president will sign, WH spox says "No announcements at this time." https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/907743307115241472 …
7:22 PM - Sep 12, 2017
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The joint resolution was introduced last week by the Congressman who represents Charlottesville, Rep. Tom Garret (R-VA), and calls on Trump to “speak out against hate groups that espouse racism, extremism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, and White supremacy; and use all resources available to the President and the President’s Cabinet to address the growing prevalence of those hate groups in the United States.” Additionally, the measure calls on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to work with the Secretary of Homeland Security and other Federal agencies to “investigate thoroughly all acts of violence, intimidation, and domestic terrorism by White supremacists, White nationalists, neo-Nazis, the Ku Klux Klan, and associated groups.”
The White House’s hesitancy to come out in support of a joint resolution that explicitly condemns white supremacists and affiliated groups is notable in light of Trump’s comments immediately after the violence in Charlottesville, when he equated white supremacists with the people who gathered to protest them.
“You look at both sides — I think there’s blame on both sides,” Trump said at a press conference just three days after violence in Charlottesville claimed the lives of three Americans, including anti-white supremacist activist Heather Heyer, who was struck with a car by a white supremacist. “They didn’t put themselves down as neo-Nazis, and you have some very bad people in that group. But you also had people that were very fine people on both sides.”
White House won’t commit to signing joint congressional resolution condemning white supremacists
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It passed unanimously in Congress.
REBEKAH ENTRALGOSEP 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
passed it by a voice vote Tuesday evening.
Follow
Mark Warner ✔@MarkWarner
Tonight the House passed my resolution condemning hate groups & the Charlottesville attack. POTUS should send a clear message & sign it ASAP
6:56 PM - Sep 12, 2017
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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.
Follow
Kyle Cheney ✔@kyledcheney
Asked whether president will sign, WH spox says "No announcements at this time." https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/907743307115241472 …
7:22 PM - Sep 12, 2017
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The joint resolution was introduced last week by the Congressman who represents Charlottesville, Rep. Tom Garret (R-VA), and calls on Trump to “speak out against hate groups that espouse racism, extremism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, and White supremacy; and use all resources available to the President and the President’s Cabinet to address the growing prevalence of those hate groups in the United States.” Additionally, the measure calls on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to work with the Secretary of Homeland Security and other Federal agencies to “investigate thoroughly all acts of violence, intimidation, and domestic terrorism by White supremacists, White nationalists, neo-Nazis, the Ku Klux Klan, and associated groups.”
The White House’s hesitancy to come out in support of a joint resolution that explicitly condemns white supremacists and affiliated groups is notable in light of Trump’s comments immediately after the violence in Charlottesville, when he equated white supremacists with the people who gathered to protest them.
“You look at both sides — I think there’s blame on both sides,” Trump said at a press conference just three days after violence in Charlottesville claimed the lives of three Americans, including anti-white supremacist activist Heather Heyer, who was struck with a car by a white supremacist. “They didn’t put themselves down as neo-Nazis, and you have some very bad people in that group. But you also had people that were very fine people on both sides.”
White House won’t commit to signing joint congressional resolution condemning white supremacists
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