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House votes to condemn Trump’s racist tweets - The Boston Globe

posted onJuly 17, 2019
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Article snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — In a remarkable political repudiation, the Democratic-led U.S. House voted Tuesday night to condemn President Donald Trump’s ‘‘racist comments’’ against four congresswomen of color, despite protestations by Trump’s Republican congressional allies and his own insistence he hasn’t ‘‘a racist bone in my body.’’ Two days after Trump tweeted that four Democratic freshmen should ‘‘go back’’ to their home countries — though all are citizens and three were born in the U.S.A. — Democrats muscled the resolution through the chamber by 240-187 over near-solid GOP opposition. The rebuke was an embarrassing one for Trump even though it carries no legal repercussions, but if anything his latest harangues should help him with his die-hard conservative base. Despite a lobbying effort by Trump and party leaders for a unified GOP front, four Republicans voted to condemn his remarks: moderate Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Fred Upton of Michigan, Will Hurd of Texas and Susan Brooks of Indiana, who is retiring. Also backing the measure was Michigan’s independent Rep. Justin Amash, who left the GOP this month after becoming the party’s sole member of Congress to back a Trump impeachment inquiry. RELATED: Congresswomen targeted by Trump vow to fight his ‘hateful’ policies Democrats saved one of the day’s most passionate moments until near the end. ‘‘I know racism when I see it,’’ said Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, whose skull was fractured at the 1965 ‘‘Blo... Link to the full article to read more

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