California Assembly calls on Congress to censure Trump
Source: Politico
By DAVID SIDERS 09/15/2017 11:26 PM EDT
SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers late Friday formally urged Congress to censure President Donald Trump for his response to the violence in Charlottesville, Va., the latest salvo in an ongoing feud between the president and Democrats in the nation’s most populous state.
The advisory measure, passed by Democrats in the state Assembly, lends support to an effort by some congressional Democrats to censure Trump after he blamed “both sides” for events surrounding protests by white supremacists that resulted in a Charlottesville woman’s death.
In its resolution, California’s lower house called on Trump “to publicly apologize to all Americans for his racist and bigoted behavior.”
A presidential censure is exceedingly rare in Congress and unlikely to gain traction in the Republican-controlled U.S. House. The California measure, passed on the final day of the state’s legislative session, advanced only as a non-binding resolution.
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California asks Congress to officially censure Trump over Charlottesville
BY ALICIA COHN - 09/16/17 07:39 AM EDT
The lower house of the California legislature on Friday night voted on a resolution urging Congress to formally censure President Trump over his response to violence last month in Charlottesville, Va.
“California sent a strong message to President Trump, and the rest of the nation, that we will no longer tolerate his behavior,” California Assemblymember Tony Thurmond said in a statement.
The measure urges other state legislatures to join it in condemning Trump and calls on the president “to publicly apologize to all Americans for his racist and bigoted behavior.”
The resolution was prompted by Trump’s comments that there was blame on “both sides” of a clash between protesters including white supremacist groups and counterprotesters in a rally opposing the removal of a Confederate statue in Charlottesville.
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