JUST IN: House votes to condemn President Trump’s racist tweets, with 4 Republicans joining Democrats.
Pelosi said she had"cleared my remarks with the parliamentarian before I read them," referring to the House's rules referee.
"We don't ever, ever want to pass up, it seems, an opportunity to escalate, and that's what this is," he said.A short time later, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer took the chair and announced Pelosi's comments had been found"not in order." But the Maryland congressman then called a vote on whether the comments should be stricken from the record and the Democrats prevailed on a party-line vote, allowing Pelosi's remarks to stand after an almost two-hour delay.
"I know racism when I see it. I know racism when I feel it," Lewis said."The world is watching. They are shocked and dismayed because it seems we have lost our way." “The fact is, as offended as we are — and we are offended by what he said about our sisters — he says that about people every day, and they feel as hurt as we do about somebody in our family having this offense against them,” Pelosi said.
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