Illinois HR0696 condemns President Trump's racist social media post and his efforts to erase historical recognitions.
Illinois HR0696 condemns President Donald J. Trump's social media post featuring racist caricatures of former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. The resolution criticizes Trump's refusal to apologize and his broader agenda that seeks to erase historical recognitions, including efforts to remove references to enslaved people at a presidential mansion and to the Ku Klux Klan member who murdered civil rights leader Medgar Evers. The resolution emphasizes the importance of learning from history rather than hiding from it.
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