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




                     DENOUNCE THE HATEFUL RHETORIC

  (Mr. VEASEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, I am calling on House Republicans to 
denounce the hateful rhetoric coming from the leader of their party.
  Week after week, House Republicans, my colleagues, publicly announce 
their endorsement of Donald Trump. They aren't just endorsing the 
candidate, but also the hateful and discriminatory agenda set by their 
party's Presidential nominee.
  House Republicans cannot continue to support him and denounce his 
inflammatory rhetoric, including the demonization of our friends that 
are Hispanic and Muslim, at the same time.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time for Republicans to step up. It is time for 
them to step up to the plate and do the right thing and denounce this 
bigotry. You can't pretend that the things that your party's leader is 
saying aren't hurtful and divisive to the American public.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time to do the right thing, step up, come up with 
an agenda that is good for all Americans, and stop pretending as if the 
things that the leader of your party is saying isn't hurtful.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair would, again, remind Members to 
refrain from engaging in personalities toward presumptive nominees for 
the Office of President.

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