H.Res. 1065

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1065 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 1065

Condemning and censuring President Donald Trump.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 13, 2026

Mr. Cohen (for himself, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mrs. Watson Coleman, 
and Mr. Green of Texas) submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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RESOLUTION

Condemning and censuring President Donald Trump.

Whereas, since its founding, our Nation has recognized the strength in diversity 
by making our national motto E Pluribus Unum;
Whereas we continue to strive to live up to our national values equality, 
opportunity, and pluralism as we continuously strive to create a more 
perfect union;
Whereas President Donald Trump has continually maligned and scapegoated 
immigrants, people of color, and religious minorities, and attempted to 
use race and national origin to degrade people of color and delegitimize 
public officials;
Whereas, prior to being elected President, Donald Trump often smeared President 
Obama with racially loaded attacks, such as completely false claims that 
President Obama was not an American or born in the United States;
Whereas, on Thursday, February 5, 2026, at 11:44 in the evening, President Trump 
reposted a 62-second video with false claims about voter fraud in the 
2020 election and included an image of Former President Barack Obama and 
Former First Lady Michelle Obama as primates in the jungle;
Whereas depicting Black people as apes is a long, well-understood racist trope;
Whereas the post met bipartisan condemnation with Senator Tim Scott of South 
Carolina saying, he was ``praying it was fake because it's the most 
racist thing I've seen out of this White House'';
Whereas, when initially confronted with Donald Trump's February 5, 2026, post, 
White House officials initially defended the post and stated the calls 
for its removal of the video to be ``fake outrage'';
Whereas, after condemnation from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers, as 
well as civil rights organizations, it took several hours for the post 
to be taken down;
Whereas the post was finally removed on Friday, February 6, 2026;
Whereas President Trump has claimed that he did not view the video in its 
entirety and that it was a staffer who posted the video without 
reviewing it to the end;
Whereas, if it was a staff member, that staff member should be admonished; and
Whereas, even after criticism and outrage about his comments, President Donald 
Trump believes he has done nothing wrong and has refused to apologize: 
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) censures and condemns President Donald Trump for his 
racist social media post of former President Barack Obama and 
First Lady Michelle Obama as primates made on February 5, 2026, 
which violates the President's oath of office to uphold and 
defend the Constitution; and
(2) calls on President Donald Trump to apologize for his 
repugnant social media post which have disgraced the Office of 
the President and dishonored the United States of America.
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