President Donald Trump is lauding Republican unity after a House resolution condemning tweets alleged to be racist passed along party lines, while Democrats are quietly claiming the so-called “Squad” of four played right into the President’s hands. One lawmaker went so far as to say defending the squad in light of their own behavior “makes people’s skin crawl.”
Tuesday’s vote was in response to tweets Trump made over the weekend that targeted four minority congresswomen by saying, “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.”
Even before the House vote, Trump was still tweeting, urging his party not to fall prey to what he termed was a “con game,” CBN News reported.
“…I don’t have a racist bone in my body! The so-called vote to be taken is a Democrat con game,” he tweeted.
The resolution declared that the House “Strongly condemns President Donald Trump’s racist comments that have legitimized and increased fear and hatred of new Americans and people of color.” It passed 240-187 with four Republicans in support and a single Democrat dissenting.
“Every single member of this institution, Democrats and Republicans, should join us and condemn the president’s racist tweets,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on the floor. “To do anything less would be a shameful…
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