[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1378 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1378

Providing the sense of the House of Representatives that the attempted 
assassination of former President Donald J. Trump was an abhorrent act 
   of cowardice that must be universally condemned and that the only 
appropriate place for the Nation to settle political disputes is at the 
                      ballot box on election day.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 2024

Mr. Ogles (for himself, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Posey, 
 Mr. Donalds, Mr. Burlison, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mrs. Harshbarger, 
 Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Waltz, Mr. Van Drew, 
 Mr. Bacon, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Babin, Mr. Rosendale, Mr. Mooney, Mr. 
   Tiffany, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Norman, and Mr. Brecheen) submitted the 
   following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Providing the sense of the House of Representatives that the attempted 
assassination of former President Donald J. Trump was an abhorrent act 
   of cowardice that must be universally condemned and that the only 
appropriate place for the Nation to settle political disputes is at the 
                      ballot box on election day.

Whereas former President Donald J. Trump hosted a campaign rally in Butler, 
        Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024;
Whereas, in the middle of remarks, former President Trump turned his head and 
        was shot in the ear by an assailant attempting to end Trump's life;
Whereas the assailant murdered Corey Comperatore, a courageous father of 2, 
        husband, and pillar of his community who sacrificed his life so his 
        family could keep theirs;
Whereas political violence, in all of its manifestations and from any political 
        persuasion, must be condemned;
Whereas, prior to the attempted assassination of former President Trump, many 
        Democrats often recklessly referred to the 45th President as a 
        ``dictator'', even comparing him to the profoundly wicked mass murderer 
        Adolf Hitler;
Whereas President Joe Biden had mentioned a week earlier that it was ``time to 
        put Trump in a bulls-eye'', and has repeatedly referred to former 
        President Trump and his supporters as ``an existential threat'' to 
        United States democracy, arguing ``we cannot let Trump win'';
Whereas the responsibility for the attempted assassination is squarely with the 
        assailant;
Whereas several members of the Democratic Party, including Joe Biden, have 
        nevertheless utilized inflammatory language to justify violence against 
        Donald Trump, including by saying (of Trump): ``If we were in high 
        school, I'd take him behind the gym and beat the hell out of him'';
Whereas a call to civility and a ``lowering of the temperature'' should begin 
        with the incumbent President's own personal example;
Whereas the unprecedented animosity toward former President Trump was once again 
        demonstrated by the introduction of H.R. 8081, the DISGRACED Former 
        Protectees Act, which aimed to take away Trump's Secret Service detail; 
        and
Whereas such legislation was intended to fetishize violence and placate the 
        worst impulses of a hyperpartisan political constituency, and should be 
        dismissed out of hand: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the--
            (1) attempted assassination of former President Donald J. 
        Trump was an abhorrent act of cowardice that must be 
        universally condemned; and
            (2) only appropriate place for the Nation to settle 
        political disputes is at the ballot box on election day.
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