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US House of Representatives passes resolution to condemn Prez Trump's racist tweets

<span style="color: #222222;">In a rare move, the United States House of Representatives yesterday passed a resolution to condemn President Donald Trump's so-called racist tweets against four non-white Democratic Congresswomen who have been critical of his harsh immigration policies.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The vote came days after Trump's tweets about four newly elected lawmakers – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan – triggered widespread uproar. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">On Sunday, Trump said in a series of controversial tweets that four Democratic Progressive Congresswomen should just go back to where they came from.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Moved by Congressman Tom Malinowski, the resolution was passed by the 435-member House of Representatives, the Lower House of the US Congress, on a partisan line of 240-184 votes. The resolution also got support of four Republicans and an independent in the House where the Democratic Party has a majority. Though the result carries no legal repercussions for President Trump, it was an embarrassing one for him. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Reproaching a sitting President on the record is an extremely rare in the US House. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Immediately after the resolution passed, Democratic Representative Al Green of Texas filed articles of impeachment against President Trump. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Democratic Party leadership has refused to pursue impeachment, despite increasing calls from members of their party to do so.</span><br />''  

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