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H5153 • 2026

A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO CONDEMN PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP'S RACIST SOCIAL MEDIA POST DEPICTING PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA AS APES; TO EXPRESSLY DECLARE SUCH COMPARISONS TO BE RACIST, DEHUMANIZING, AND INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF EQUALITY AND HUMAN DIGNITY; TO DENOUNCE THE USE OF RACIST IMAGERY BY ANY PUBLIC OFFICIAL, PARTICULARLY BY ONE OCCUPYING THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE NATION; AND TO REAFFIRM SOUTH CAROLINA'S COMMITMENT TO REJECTING RACISM IN ALL FORMS AND DEFENDING THE EQUAL WORTH OF ALL PEOPLE.

A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO CONDEMN PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP'S RACIST SOCIAL MEDIA POST DEPICTING PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA AS APES; TO EXPRESSLY DECLARE SUCH COMPARISONS TO BE RACIST, DEHUMANIZING, AND INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF EQUALITY AND HUMAN DIGNITY; TO DENOUNCE THE USE OF RACIST IMAGERY BY ANY PUBLIC OFFICIAL, PARTICULARLY BY ONE OCCUPYING THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE NATION; AND TO REAFFIRM SOUTH CAROLINA'S COMMITMENT TO REJECTING RACISM IN ALL FORMS AND DEFENDING THE EQUAL WORTH OF ALL PEOPLE.

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Reps. King, McDaniel, Cobb-Hunter, Yow, Scott, Grant, Howard, Bamberg, Hart and Jones
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Official Summary Text

A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO CONDEMN PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP'S RACIST SOCIAL MEDIA POST DEPICTING PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA AS APES; TO EXPRESSLY DECLARE SUCH COMPARISONS TO BE RACIST, DEHUMANIZING, AND INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF EQUALITY AND HUMAN DIGNITY; TO DENOUNCE THE USE OF RACIST IMAGERY BY ANY PUBLIC OFFICIAL, PARTICULARLY BY ONE OCCUPYING THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE NATION; AND TO REAFFIRM SOUTH CAROLINA'S COMMITMENT TO REJECTING RACISM IN ALL FORMS AND DEFENDING THE EQUAL WORTH OF ALL PEOPLE.