Condemning Tucker Carlson's decision to give a platform to Holocaust revisionist views for which perpetuating harmful falsehoods, fostering antisemitism, and undermining the fight against hate and bigotry.
HRES 1543 is a resolution passed by the U.S. House of Representatives condemning Tucker Carlson for hosting Holocaust revisionist Darryl Cooper on his show, where Cooper promoted false claims about the Holocaust. The resolution states this platforming spreads harmful falsehoods, fosters antisemitism, and undermines efforts to combat hate and bigotry. It commits the House to raising awareness against antisemitism and honoring Holocaust survivors, while specifically rejecting Cooper's distortion of historical facts like the Nazi Hunger Plan. This symbolic resolution has no legal effect but expresses the House's stance against Holocaust denial.
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Ritchie Torres
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Josh Gottheimer
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Nikema Williams
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Terri A. Sewell
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