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2025-2026 Bill 5153: Social Media Post - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 5153
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House Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. King, McDaniel, Cobb-Hunter, Yow, Scott, Grant, Howard, Bamberg, Hart and Jones
Document Path: LC-0530SA-JN26.docx
Introduced in the House on February 11, 2026
Currently residing in the House Committee on
Invitations and Memorial Resolutions
Summary: Social Media Post
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

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Action Description with journal page number

2/11/2026

House

Introduced (
House Journal-page 40
)

2/11/2026

House

Referred to Committee on
Invitations and Memorial Resolutions
(
House Journal-page 40
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
02/11/2026

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.

W
hereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives recognizes that
the words and actions of a President of the United States carry profound moral
and social consequences; and

W
hereas, racist language and imagery have historically been used to
demean, dehumanize, and justify discrimination against African Americans; and

W
hereas, among the most notorious and offensive forms of racist
expression is the comparison of Black individuals to apes or other animals, a
practice rooted in white supremacist ideology and racial dehumanization; and

W
hereas, on February 5, 2026, President Donald J. Trump shared and
amplified a social media post depicting former President Barack Obama and
former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes; and

W
hereas, the House of Representatives finds that this comparison is
racist in both intent and effect, as it invokes a historically recognized form
of racial degradation directed at African Americans; and

W
hereas, such conduct by a sitting President demeans not only the
individuals targeted, but also the office of the presidency and the millions of
Americans who identify with those targeted; and

W
hereas, President Barack Obama served two terms as president of the
United States, and Michelle Obama served as first lady with dignity and
distinction, and both are deserving of respect regardless of political
disagreement; and

W
hereas, South Carolina's own history obligates its lawmakers to
confront racism openly and unequivocally rather than minimize or excuse it; and

W
hereas, failing to condemn racist conduct risks normalizing language
that endangers social cohesion and equal protection under the law. Now,
therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of
Representatives:

That the members of the South Carolina
House of Representatives, by this resolution, condemn President Donald J.
Trump's racist social media post depicting President Barack Obama and First
Lady Michelle Obama as apes; expressly declare such comparisons to be racist,
dehumanizing, and incompatible with the principles of equality and human
dignity; denounce the use of racist imagery by any public official,
particularly by one occupying the highest office in the nation; and reaffirm
their commitment to rejecting racism in all forms and defending the equal worth
of all people.

Be it further resolved that a copy
of this resolution be transmitted to the Office of the President of the United
States and to the South Carolina Congressional Delegation.

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