#RolandMartinUnfiltered - NAACP Votes Unanimously To Support Rep. Al Green's Resolution To Impeach Donald Trump

Episode Date: July 23, 2019

On Tuesday, the NAACP voted unanimously to support Rep. Al Green's (D-TX) resolution to impeach Donald Trump. 📺 Watch #RolandMartinUnfiltered every weeknight at 6PM EST on YouTube https://t.co/uzqJjYOukP Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Every dollar that you give to us supports our daily digital show. There's only one daily digital show out here that keeps it black and keep it real. It's Roland Martin Unfiltered. By going to RolandMartinUnfiltered.com, you can make this possible. Friends, let me be very brief. My time is of the essence because I have many miles to travel before I sleep. I must be in Washington, D.C. this possible. and controversy. Shh, shh, shh. I promise to be brief. And these are times of challenge and controversy.

We have in the White House a person who does not respect the humanity of the people that we represent. We have in the White House a person who is ruthless and lawless and I am a person who believes that such a person should not occupy the White House in the United States of America. So I'm here with you today because I know who you are. You are the organization. I'm a part of you. I'm a life member and a diamond member. You are the organization. I'm a part of you. I'm a life member and a diamond member. You're the organization that filed Shelley versus Kramer and Boros versus Jackson to allow us

to outlaw restrictive covenants and live in neighborhoods where we couldn't live prior to those cases being litigated. You litigated and successfully, I might add, Brown versus the Board of Education. If the truth be told, we eat where we eat, we sleep where we sleep, and we live where we live because of the NAACP. And I believe that we are people who are committed to the cause of justice. We are people committed to the notion that if you tolerate hatred and bigotry and racism, you will perpetuate it. We are people who are here to end hatred and bigotry. And because we want to end it, we have to do what few others are willing to do, and that is take on the President of the United States of America.

This is what the NAACP's mission is. Now, I love the NAACP, and I believe you do too. If you love it and you know it, why don't you stand up and show it? Let's hear it for the greatest human rights, civil rights organization on the planet Earth that's going to do what's necessary to protect decency, who's going to do what's necessary to protect civility. We are the NAACP. We will be heard. We will stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves. God bless you and thank you. All right, ladies and gentlemen, earlier this morning, you heard Representative Al Green speak to the subject of. What?

No, I was trying to, go ahead. You heard Congressman Al Green of Texas speak to a resolution calling for the impeachment of the President. That resolution has been submitted to you as an emergency resolution. Do you all have copies of the emergency resolution? Yes. Who does not have copies? They were distributed earlier.

You have copies all right this is a resume I'm going to read this in its entirety. So this is going to take a minute. Read along with me. Read along with me, please. Whereas the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People upholds the bedrock principle, no one is above the law, and whereas the Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the land and whereas article 2 section 4 of the United States Constitution states the president vice president and all civil

officers of the United States shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. And whereas in his capacity as President of the United States, unmindful of the high duties of his office, of the dignity and proprieties thereof, and of the harmony and respect necessary for stability within the society of the United States, Donald John Trump has, with his bigoted statements, done more than simply insult individuals and groups of Americans. He has harmed the American society by attempting to convert and by converting his bigoted statements into United States policy. And by associating the presidency and the people of the United States with bigotry on one or more occasions. and whereas on January 27th, 2017, Donald John Trump issued Executive Order 13769, providing for a partial shutdown of immigration from mainly Muslim countries

to fulfill a bigoted campaign promise that read as follows, Donald J. Trump Statement on Preventing Muslim Imm follows, Donald J. Trump statement on preventing Muslim immigration, New York. December 7, 2015, Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what's going on, thereby attempting to convert a bigoted campaign promise into United States policy, associating the presidency and the people of the United States with bigotry, thereby casting contempt upon Muslims, inciting hate and hostility, and sowing discord among the people of the United States on the basis of religion. And whereas on July 26, 2017, Donald John Trump made a public statement substantially as follows. After consulting with my generals and military

experts, please be advised that the United States government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. military. Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical cost and disruption that transgender in the military would entail, thereby attempting to convert his bigoted statement into United States policy, associating the presidency and the people of the United States with bigotry, thereby casting contempt on transgender individuals, inciting hate and hostility and sowing discord among the people of the United States on the basis of gender.

And whereas on August 15, 2017, Donald John Trump made a widely published statement characterizing a group of anti-Semites, bigots, racists, white nationalists, and Ku Klux Klansmen who rallied in Charlottesville, Virginia, as very fine people, thereby associating the presidency and the people of the United States with bigotry. And whereas on October 7th, 2017, hate groups returned to Charlottesville, Virginia at the statue of Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general, chanting, you will not replace us. After having chanted in their August Charlottesville rally, Jews will not replace us. Since this event on October 7th, the president has made widely published statements about many issues, including

the National Football League, but has not made one widely published statement condemning the hate groups for returning to the place where an innocent person lost her life at the hands of hate. And whereas on January 11, 2018, Donald John Trump held a meeting with a bipartisan group of congressional leaders that focused primarily on legislation that would provide a statutory protected status for individuals brought to the United States without documentation. At this meeting, as has been widely published, Donald John Trump made references to people from shithole countries. He also questioned why we need more Haitians or people from African countries proclaiming that we should take them out.

Donald John Trump then suggested that Norwegians were better suited to be immigrants to this country, thereby casting contempt on citizens and non-citizens who were welcomed here by previous presidents due to natural disaster and civil unrest, thereby attempting to convert his bigoted statements into United States policy, associating the presidency and the people of the United States with bigotry, inciting hate and hostility, and sowing discord among the people of the United States

on the basis of national origin. Whereas it has been widely reported that in April 2018, the United States Justice Department commenced a zero-tolerance policy requiring all cases of unlawful entry into the United States to be prosecuted, causing thousands of children to be separated from their parents without a prudent plan to reunite all of the said children with their parents. And notwithstanding, Donald John Trump having signed an executive order to end the family separation at the border in June 2018, many children have not been united with their parents as of July 22nd, 2019. And whereas the House of Representatives on July 16th, 2019, strongly condemned President Donald

John Trump's racist comments that have legitimized an increased fear and hatred of new Americans and people of color by saying that our fellow Americans who are immigrants and those who may look to the president like immigrants should go back to other countries, referring to immigrants and asylum seekers as invaders, and by saying that members of Congress who are immigrants or those of our colleagues who are wrongly assumed to be immigrants do not belong to Congress or the United States of America. Therefore, be it resolved that Donald John Trump is unfit to be president, is unfit to represent the American values of decency and morality, respectability and civility, honesty and propriety, reputability and integrity.

Is unfit to defend the ideals that have made America great. Is unfit to defend liberty and justice for all as extolled in the pledge of allegiance. Is unfit to defend American ideal of all persons being created equal, as exalted in the Declaration of Independence, is unfit to ensure domestic tranquility, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity as lauded in the preamble of the United States Constitution is unfit to protect government of the people, by the people, for the people as included in the Gettysburg Address and be it further resolved that the aforementioned Donald John Trump has by his

statements brought the high office of the President of the United States in contempt, ridicule, disgrace, and disrepute. Has sown seeds of discord among the people of the United States. Has demonstrated that he is unfit to be president and has betrayed the trust as president of the United States to manifest injury of the people of the United States, and has committed a high misdemeanor in office. Be it finally resolved that Donald John Trump, by causing such harm to the society of the United States, is unfit to be President and warrants impeachment, trial, and removal from office. Mr. Chair, Madam Chair, I would move adoption of the resolution. Move them properly, second. Mr. Chair and delegates, the NAACP was founded, as you all know,

on the notion that you don't convict and punish somebody before there has been a trial. With that in mind, what I've proposed and what has been formally submitted is that we strike the language from the penultimate resolve clause and has committed a high misdemeanor in office, because that is what would be determined after a trial. Also, in the final resolve clause, I propose striking the language that comes after trial so that it would be a final resolve to Donald John Trump. By causing such harm to the society

of the United States, is unfit to be president and warrants impeachment and trial. What would happen to him as a result of that trial should be left to the process. Question has been called. Cut off debate on the emergency resolution. All those in favor, raise your voting card. Those opposed? Debate is cut. Debate has ended.

We're now voting on the emergency resolution as amended. All those in favor, raise your voting cards. All those in favor, raise your voting cards. All those opposed. The chair declares that this resolution has passed unanimously. Yeah. A lot of times, big economic forces show up in our lives in small ways. Four days a week, I would buy two cups of banana pudding. But the price has gone up, so now I only buy one.

Small but important ways. From tech billionaires to the bond market to, yeah, banana pudding. If it's happening in business, our new podcast is on it. I'm Max Chastin. And I'm Stacey Vanek-Smith. So listen to Everybody's Business on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Sometimes as dads, I think we're too hard on ourselves. We get down on ourselves on not being able to, you know, we're the providers, but we also have to learn to take care of ourselves.

A wrap-away, you got to pray for yourself as well as for everybody else, but never forget yourself. Self-love made me a better dad because I realized my worth. Never stop being a dad. That's dedication. Find out more at fatherhood.gov. Brought to you by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Ad Council. I know a lot of cops. They get asked all the time, have you ever had to shoot your gun?

Sometimes the answer is yes. But there's a company dedicated to a future where the answer will always be no. This is Absolute Season 1, Taser Incorporated. I get right back there and it's bad. Listen to Absolute Season 1, Taser Incorporated on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Clayton English. I'm Greg Lott. And this is Season 2 of the War on Drugs podcast. Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. homes. We met them at the recording studios. Stories matter and it brings a face to them. It makes it real. It really does. It makes it real. Listen to new episodes of the War on Drugs podcast season 2 on the iHeartRadio

app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is an iHeart Podcast.