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Congress Just Voted To Condemn White Supremacy And Violence In The Wake Of Charlottesville

The bill now heads to President Donald Trump s desk.

Congress Just Voted To Condemn White Supremacy And Violence In The Wake Of Charlottesville

Congress has passed a joint resolution "condemning the violence and domestic terrorist attack" in Charlottesville, Virginia, in early August, and urging President Donald Trump and his administration to combat white supremacist groups.

The bill now heads to Trump s desk to sign, after it passed the House unanimously on Tuesday evening. The Senate also passed the resolution unanimously on Monday night.

The resolution, which rejects "White nationalists, White supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and other hate groups," urges Trump and his cabinet "to use all available resources to address the threats posed by those groups." It also calls on the president and his administration to "speak out against hate groups that espouse racism, extremism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, and White supremacy." Trump has received widespread criticism for his failure to fully denounce the groups following the deadly clashes in Charlottesville.

Additionally, the bill urges Attorney General Jeff Sessions to work with the Department of Homeland Security to investigate hate crimes and "improve" reporting.

The resolution specifically expresses support for the two state police officers who died in a helicopter crash while responding to the violence, and offers "deepest condolences to the families and friends of those individuals who were killed and deepest sympathies and support to those individuals who were injured by the violence." In addition to the police officers, the resolution specifically recognizes 32-year-old Heather Heyer, who was killed when a car rammed into a group of people protesting racism at the rally.

Sen. Mark Warner, who represents Virginia, urged Trump to sign the resolution after it passed the House Tuesday night.

Tonight the House passed my resolution condemning hate groups & the Charlottesville attack. POTUS should send a clear message & sign it ASAP


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