Full Text of HR0198 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The United States of America is the greatest | 3 | | country in the world; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The President of the United States holds the most | 5 | | powerful office in the
world; he or she represents our nation | 6 | | and should be an example of the best qualities that America has | 7 | | to
offer; he or she should
always be a champion of American | 8 | | values such as democracy, freedom of the press, and truth | 9 | | regardless of political party; he or she should be held to the | 10 | | highest of professional and personal standards; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The freedom of an independent press is vital to a | 12 | | successful democracy; the president should not refer to the | 13 | | media as the
enemy of the American people and to critical media | 14 | | outlets
or stories as fake news; he or she should not bar media | 15 | | outlets from press
briefings based on their coverage and should | 16 | | not accuse the media of
inventing sources for published stories | 17 | | without any evidence; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Free and fair elections are the foundation of our | 19 | | great democracy; the president should pledge to accept the | 20 | | outcome of
all elections, not just if he or she wins; he or she | 21 | | should not claim that free and fair
elections are rigged; he or | 22 | | she should not delegitimize democracy by claiming three to
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| 1 | | million people voted illegally in a presidential election | 2 | | without any supporting evidence, and he or she should not | 3 | | repeatedly misrepresent the Electoral
College results; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The United States Constitution enshrines an | 5 | | impartial judiciary as a critical check on
the power of the | 6 | | legislative and executive branches; the president should not | 7 | | refer to federal judges as "so-called
judges" because they | 8 | | disagree with the legality or constitutionality of his or her | 9 | | proposals; he or she should not suggest that judges and the
| 10 | | court system would be responsible for a possible terrorist | 11 | | attack because of disagreement over
a court ruling; he or she | 12 | | should not suggest a judge cannot be
impartial due to that | 13 | | judges's heritage; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, The president should not lie to or mislead the
| 15 | | American people; the term "alternative facts" should not be | 16 | | repeatedly used by senior staff to the
president because | 17 | | alternative facts are nothing more than lies; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, The president should not actively push conspiracy
| 19 | | theories, such as claiming a former president wiretapped him or | 20 | | her without evidence, denying that current or former presidents | 21 | | are American citizens,
falsely claiming that thousands of | 22 | | American citizens of a particular religion cheered the terror
| 23 | | attacks of September 11, 2001, or denying the reality of |
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| 1 | | climate change by claiming it is a
hoax perpetrated by the | 2 | | Chinese as these theories are beneath the office which he or | 3 | | she holds; he or she should not repeatedly lie about the size
| 4 | | of his or her inauguration crowd, despite evidence to the | 5 | | contrary; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Members of the United States Military put their | 7 | | lives on the line every single day to keep us safe and
deserve | 8 | | nothing but the utmost gratitude for their service; the | 9 | | president should not insult former prisoners of
war for being | 10 | | captured; he or she should not advocate for the use of
torture | 11 | | or for violations of the Geneva Convention; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, The president should clearly represent the people | 13 | | and
not have business interests which conflict with his or her | 14 | | decisions as president; senior staff to the president should | 15 | | not advocate for
the purchasing of particular commercial | 16 | | products; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, The president should represent all Americans; he | 18 | | or she should not mock individuals with
disabilities; he or she | 19 | | should not brag about grabbing another
human being by the | 20 | | genitals; he or she should not infer that the majority of
| 21 | | immigrants are criminals and rapists; he or she should not | 22 | | threaten to cut federal
funding to a university because of | 23 | | protests; he or she should not offer to pay the legal bills of
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| 1 | | those who assault his or her opponents; he or she should not | 2 | | advocate for banning people
from the land of the free based on | 3 | | their religious beliefs; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 5 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 6 | | believe in the highest of standards for the President of the | 7 | | United States; and be it further | 8 | | RESOLVED, That we will not impede the freedom of religion, | 9 | | the freedom of the press, the judiciary,
elections, or the | 10 | | rights of all Americans; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That we will put our county over political | 12 | | affiliations and we will hold current and future
presidents, to | 13 | | the best of our abilities, accountable when they misrepresent | 14 | | their office.
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