House GOP presses members to oppose resolution condemning Trump remarks as racist

[DonViejo]

BY JULIEGRACE BRUFKE - 07/16/19 01:46 PM EDT

House GOP leaders are urging members of their conference to vote against a Democrat-led resolution condemning as racist President Trump’s remarks telling a group of minority congresswomen to “go back” to the “places from which they came.”

“House GOP leadership is formally recommending a no vote on the resolution,” a spokesperson for House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) told The Hill.

A senior GOP source said there is not a formal whipping effort since the measure is a resolution and not a bill, but that conversations are taking place with individual GOP lawmakers ahead of the vote scheduled for Tuesday evening.

Multiple sources said more than a dozen Republican members have expressed an openness to bucking party lines and supporting the resolution.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/453323-house-gop-presses-members-to-oppose-resolution-condemning-trump-remarks-as

[Still In Wisconsin]

1. I guess we'll see who (if anyone) among the Republican Party has a backbone.

I'm guessing it won't be many. Maybe a handful of Rs who are planning on leaving Congress anyway...

[RKP5637]

2. It's about what one would expect from the GOP shit-stains in congress. n/t