Condemning the inflammatory and racially offensive statement of the President of the United States suggesting falsely a moral equivalence between the domestic terrorist act of lynching and the constitutionally provided congressional impeachment power.

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Introduced

22 November 2019

Last action

18 December 2019 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Summary

This resolution (1) condemns the tweet made by the President on October 22, 2019, drawing a moral equivalence between the exercise of the impeachment power conferred on the House of Representatives by the Constitution and lynching; and (2) calls upon all Americans to read, celebrate, and revere the Constitution.

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22 November 2019
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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22 November 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
22 November 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House
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18 December 2019
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Source: Committee

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/731
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