[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8375]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            HATEFUL RHETORIC

  (Mr. CROWLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, if I were to stand here today and read an 
agenda on attacks on immigrants, Muslims, women, and families living in 
poverty and even the judicial system, you might think it was the 
campaign platform for the Republican candidate for President. But every 
one of those hasn't just come from ``Con Man Don.''
  They have been embraced, affirmed, and in many cases even inspired by 
this Republican Congress. So you could be forgiven for being confused 
because the truth is they are all one and the same.
  We are used to this hateful rhetoric coming from the other side of 
the aisle. Sometimes it is masked in legislation; sometimes not so 
much.
  But when the leader of their party, their standard-bearer, ``Con Man 
Don'' makes racist and discriminatory remarks as easily as if he were 
reciting the alphabet, it begs the question: ``What do Republicans 
stand for?''
  You only have to look at all they have in common with ``Con Man 
Don,'' a candidate they have even admitted has made racist statements. 
It is clear they stand with ``Con Man Don,'' but it is also clear who 
they don't stand with and, that is, the American people.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair would remind Members to refrain 
from engaging in personalities toward presumptive nominees for the 
Office of President.

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