Article snippet: The House on Tuesday voted to formally admonish MORE, approving a resolution condemning as “racist” his tweets targeting four minority congresswomen. The 240-187 vote fell largely along partisan lines, as GOP leaders rushed to the president’s defense in whipping against the measure. Just four Republicans, Reps. MORE (Mich.), broke party ranks to join every voting Democrat in support, revealing the extent to which Trump retains his grip over the Republican Party even as his incendiary remarks renewed uncomfortable questions about the president’s approach to race relations. Brooks is not running for reelection next year, but the other three lawmakers all are in races considered competitive. Six Republicans missed the vote. Rep. MORE (I-Mich.), who recently left the GOP over differences with Trump, also backed the resolution. Trump’s remarks saying the progressive lawmakers should “go back” to the “places from which they came” sparked a tempest of outrage, with Democrats uniting to push back against the attack despite recent divisions between various factions of the party spilling into the public. The resolution was led by freshman Rep. MORE (D-N.J.), who is white but was born in Poland. He argued it was a necessary step to push back against racist rhetoric from the White House. “Even if we may disagree on the details of immigration or border policy, racism is wrong, it is un-American,” Malinowski told The Hill. “It’s not who we are. It is playing with fire b... Link to the full article to read more