H.Res. 731 · 116th Congress

Condemning the inflammatory and racially offensive statement of the President of the United States suggesting falsely a moral equivalence between the domestic terrorist act of lynching and the constitutionally provided congressional impeachment power.

Stage
In committee
Introduced
2019-11-22
Latest action
2019-12-18 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Summary

This resolution (1) condemns the tweet made by the President on October 22, 2019, drawing a moral equivalence between the exercise of the impeachment power conferred on the House of Representatives by the Constitution and lynching; and (2) calls upon all Americans to read, celebrate, and revere the Constitution.