Some Republicans vote against anti-bigotry resolution.

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(03-14-2019, 11:50 AM)fredtoast Wrote: The House presented the following resolution

https://theduran.com/full-text-of-house-resolution-condemning-bigotry-speech/ (full text)


Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) rejects the perpetuation of anti-Semitic stereotypes in the United States and around the world, including the pernicious myth of dual loyalty and foreign allegiance, especially in the context of support for the United States-Israel alliance;
(2) condemns anti-Semitic acts and statements as hateful expressions of intolerance that are contradictory to the values that define the people of the United States;
(3) reaffirms its support for the mandate of the United States Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism as part of the broader policy priority of fostering international religious freedom and protecting human rights all over the world;
(4) rejects attempts to justify hatred or violent attacks as an acceptable expression of disapproval or frustration over political events in the Middle East or elsewhere;
(5) acknowledges the harm suffered by Muslims and others from the harassment, discrimination, and violence that result from anti-Muslim bigotry;
(6) condemns anti-Muslim discrimination and bigotry against all minorities as contrary to the values of the United States;
(7) condemns the death threats received by Jewish and Muslim Members of Congress, including in recent weeks;
(8) encourages law enforcement and government officials to avoid conduct that raises the specter of unconstitutional profiling against anyone because of their race, religion, nationality, political, or particular social group, including the assignment of blame or targeting members of an entire religious group for increased suspicion, based on the conduct of a single individual or small group of individuals; and
(9) encourages all public officials to confront the reality of anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, racism, and other forms of bigotry, as well as historical struggles against them, to ensure that the United States will live up to the transcendent principles of tolerance, religious freedom, and equal protection as embodied in the Declaration of Independence and the first and 14th amendments to the Constitution.


The House Democrats voted 234-0 in support of the resolution
Republicans voted 173-23 in favor (Steve King voted "present" )

The Republicans who voted against it wanted it to just condemn anti-Semitism.  They objected to condemning "Islamophobia, racism, and other forms of bigotry".



At first blush this might seem like an attempt to expose the bigotry accepted by the right, but it is really an attack on how our congress is working right now.  They don't seem to be able to pass any meaningful law yet they have time to play silly games with meaningless "resolutions" that are nothing but political theatre.  A Democrat was accused of making anti-Semitic comments so the democrats wanted the resolution to prove that they condemned anti-Semitism, but they played the Republicans by including a condemnation  of Islamophobia that they knew some republicans would refuse to do.

It is all a ridiculous waste of time.

Of course it is and of course they did.

More importantly I want to see how they vote on the "emergency" we have at the border.