And still I rise; because I love my country, I rise. And I rise today to ask a question of all people of good will. I rise today to pose a question: What do you do when the leader of the free world, when the leader of the country that extolls liberty and justice for all--government of the people, by the people, for the people, all persons are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights--what do you do when the leader of the free world is a racist? What do you do? Well, here is what you do: You file a resolution, a resolution condemning the President for racist comments directed at Members of Congress. What do you do? You file Articles of Impeachment impeaching the President of the United States of America. These two things are not mutually exclusive. We can condemn for the comments that have been made, and we can impeach for the harm that the comments are causing to our society. Both of these things can be done, and neither will interfere with the Mueller report. The Mueller report--some 90 days now the President has been above the law since the Mueller report was made public. What do you do? You pass this resolution. I intend to support it, and I thank the gentleman who filed it for doing so. I believe it is a good resolution. One of the statements in this resolution that has been reported widely is that the President presented racist comments that have legitimized fear and hatred.…
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