With that, her words triggered a long-standing precedent that you can’t call the president, or even his words, “racist” on the House floor. [A divided House votes for resolution condemning Trump’s racist remarks]Rep. Douglas A. Collins (R-Ga.) asked Pelosi whether she wanted to “rephrase that comment,” but she refused. Pelosi was not the only Democrat to call Trump’s tweets racist, but she was the only one targeted by Republicans for impermissible language. “The words of the gentlewoman from California contain an accusation of racist behavior on the part of the president,” Hoyer said of Pelosi. “As memorialized in Deschler’s precedents Chapter 29, Section 65.6, characterizing an action as racist is not in order.

Source: Washington Post July 17, 2019 11:23 UTC