{"id":658250,"date":"2019-07-17T10:25:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T10:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">The US House of Representatives has voted to condemn President Donald Trump after a series of attacks aimed at four congresswomen.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution denounced Mr Trump\u2019s \u201cracist comments that have legitimi"},"modified":"2019-07-17T10:25:36","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T10:25:36","slug":"us-house-condemns-trump-attacks-on-congresswomen-as-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/17\/us-house-condemns-trump-attacks-on-congresswomen-as-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"US House condemns Trump attacks on congresswomen as racist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">The US House of Representatives has voted to condemn President Donald Trump after a series of attacks aimed at four congresswomen.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution denounced Mr Trump\u2019s \u201cracist comments that have legitimised fear and hatred of New Americans and people of colour\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Trump had been accused of racism and xenophobia for telling the members of congress to leave the country.<\/p>\n<p>The president has since tweeted: \u201cI don\u2019t have a Racist bone in my body!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s debate in the Democratic-controlled chamber was a highly polarised debate, with various Republicans insisting the vote itself was a breach of decorum.<\/p>\n<p>It passed by 240 votes to 187.<\/p>\n<p>Four Republicans and the House\u2019s sole independent, former Republican lawmaker Justin Amash, joined all 235 Democrats to approve the resolution<\/p>\n<p>The four Republicans were Texas congressman Will Hurd (the party\u2019s only African American representative), Brian Fitzpatrick (Pennsylvania), Fred Upton (Michigan) and Susan Brooks (Indiana).<\/p>\n<p>Passing a resolution \u2013 which is a statement of opinion and not legally binding \u2013 criticising presidential conduct is very rare.<\/p>\n<p>In a series of tweets on Sunday, the president said Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib \u201coriginally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe\u201d and should \u201cgo back\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Trump did not explicitly name the women \u2013 all four of whom are US citizens \u2013 in his initial Twitter tirade, but the context made a clear link to the four Democratic congresswomen, who are known as The Squad.<\/p>\n<p>The congresswomen dismissed the comments as a distraction on Monday, and urged people instead to focus on policies rather than the president\u2019s words.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US House of Representatives has voted to condemn President Donald Trump after a series of attacks aimed at four congresswomen. 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