Thinker101
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Personally, I think he has deserved one of those extraordinarily rare acts of congressional condemnation for a long time. But as for "motherfucker,"I am surprised you blame this on Trump.President Trump enjoys being historic, so he'll be pleased this one gets him in the history books. The House has not passed such a Resolution in a hundred years. Way to Go Trump!
116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 489
Condemning President Trump’s racist comments directed at Members of Congress....
Whereas President Donald Trump’s racist comments have legitimized fear and hatred of new Americans and people of color: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives— (1) believes that immigrants and their descendants have made America stronger, and that those who take the oath of citizenship are every bit as American as those whose families have lived in the United States for many generations;
(2) is committed to keeping America open to those lawfully seeking refuge and asylum from violence and oppression, and those who are willing to work hard to live the American Dream, no matter their race, ethnicity, faith, or country of origin; and
(3) strongly condemns President Donald Trump’s racist comments that have legitimized and increased fear and hatred of new Americans and people of color by saying that our fellow Americans who are immigrants, and those who may look to the President like immigrants, should ‘‘go back’’ to other countries, by referring to immigrants and asylum seekers as ‘‘invaders,’’ and by saying that Members of Congress who are immigrants (or those of our colleagues who are wrongly assumed to be immigrants) do not belong in Congress or in the United States of America.
https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hres489/BILLS-116hres489ih.pdf
I'm not sure it's racism fueling this, or xenophobia, or just a plain old hissy fit, but his reactions are out of line and invite this kind of accusation.
Historians will be arguing about whether or not this guy was racist for centuries--it will be almost as big a puzzle as if Cleopatra and Julius Caesar really had a son together.
You should be ashamed of what the idiots in Congress has done.
His actual words, not the embellished version repeated every few seconds somewhere...but actual words are brash but not racist. That is dumb.
People have been saying "well if you hate America so much then leave" for probably 243 years now.
It doesn't take a genius to figure out the intent of his remark, and race had nothing to do with it. He was angry at their constant complaining, race baiting and anti-American rhetoric that he said "then go back to where you came from".
Worthy of an extraordinarily rare act of congressional condemnation? For fucks sake...not even close.
Not even close to one of these four women calling him a Mother Fucker. How about that one?
Well, there are a couple of OBVIOUS differences here. One, he wasn't standing in front of Congress. Two, he didn't address anyone specifically. Dumbass.
One, she wasn't addressing Congress, either. She was addressing MoveOn. Two, I'm sure you consider it a whole lot less offensive to call all those countries shitholes and to say Megan Kelly had blood coming out of her wherever, but personally I don't.
Hell, as long as you're throwing in the kitchen sink, I do find it offensive to fly to a private island to take advantage of underage girls.