Censuring Representatives Bennie Thompson, Troy Carter, Barbara Lee, Frederica Wilson, Yvette Clarke, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Jasmine Crockett, Joyce Beatty, and Steve Cohen for inciting violence, including two assassination attempts, against President Donald Trump.
This resolution seeks to censure nine Democratic representatives for allegedly inciting violence against former President Donald Trump. The representatives targeted are Bennie Thompson, Troy Carter, Barbara Lee, Frederica Wilson, Yvette Clarke, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Jasmine Crockett, Joyce Beatty, and Steve Cohen. The resolution cites their sponsorship of legislation that would remove Trump's Secret Service protection and references controversial statements made by some of them, including a Thompson staffer's comment about shooting lessons and Crockett's description of MAGA supporters as domestic threats. The measure, introduced in September 2024, does not involve funding or specific timelines but proposes that these representatives be formally censured, which means they would be required to appear in the House chamber to hear the resolution read aloud—a formal expression of disapproval that is one of the most serious forms of House discipline short of expulsion.
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