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Rejecting White Nationalism and White Supremacy

Floor Speech

Date: Jan. 17, 2019
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

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Ms. LOFGREN. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H. Res. 41 to reject White nationalism and White supremacy. I applaud Mr. Clyburn and the House for acting against hate speech. Representative King has rightly been stripped of committee assignments by his colleagues, but today's vote has been a long time coming. His latest comments were not the first time Representative King has made ugly, offensive, demeaning, and unashamedly racist remarks. Unfortunately, for more than a decade now, House Republican leadership did nothing while Representative King freely espoused white nationalism, anti-Semitism, and bigotry. Today, under Democratic Leadership, the House is taking appropriate action against a member of the House who has time and again promoted hate speech in Congress and Republicans have finally acted to impose discipline for miscount. I urge my colleagues to support H. Res. 41 to reject Representative King's racism, bigotry, and hate.

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