Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. All Members will suspend. The Clerk will report the words. {time} 1625 The Clerk read as follows: Every single Member of this institution, Democratic and Republican, should join us in condemning the President's racist tweets. To do anything less would be a shocking rejection of our values and a shameful abdication of our oath of office. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair is ready to make a statement. I came in here to try to do this in a fair way. I kept warning both sides--``let's not do this''--hoping we could get through. Ms. Jayapal had a situation where we could be in here on another motion to take down words of a friend of mine. But we don't ever, ever want to pass up, it seems, an opportunity to escalate, and that is what this is. I dare anybody to look at any of the footage and see if there was any unfairness. But unfairness is not enough, because we want to just fight. I abandon the Chair. {time} 1645 The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Hoyer). The Chair is prepared to rule. The words of the gentlewoman from California contain an accusation of racist behavior on the part of the President. As memorialized in Deschler-Brown Precedents, chapter 29, section 65.6, characterizing an action as racist is not in order. The Chair relies on the precedent of May 15, 1984, and finds that the words should not be used in debate. Motion Offered by Mr. Collins of Georgia”