OLD BRIDGE DEMOCRATIC COUNTY COMMITTEE RESOLUTION
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
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JANUARY 2021

AN OLD BRIDGE DEMOCRATIC COUNTY COMMITTEE RESOLUTION strongly condemning President Trump and condemning violence and calling for unity in support of the United States Constitution.

WHEREAS, On January 6, 2021, President Donald J. Trump incited supremacist groups and other extremist supporters to occupy the United States Capitol in an attempt to disrupt and thwart the final certification of the 2020 presidential election; and

WHEREAS, These violent insurgents vandalized lawmakers’ offices and mockingly sat at a desk of the Speaker of the House; smashed in windows, looted art, and destroyed property; and infiltrated the chambers of the United
States Senate, with one protestor shouting from the dais that “Trump won the election!”; and

WHEREAS, Panicked lawmakers were forced to hide under their desks and in barricaded offices, don gas masks, and evacuate through tunnels to safety; and

WHEREAS, This violent insurrection by a riotous mob resulted in the deaths of five people, including a United States Capitol Police officer who was a native of New Jersey, a woman shot by the Capitol Police, and three others who, according to the police, died in “medical emergencies”; and

WHEREAS, The United States Capitol is the seat of the Federal
Government, the meeting place of our nation’s legislature, and an enduring national symbol of our representative democracy; and

WHEREAS, This desecration of the United States Capitol, and everything for which it stands, is wholly unacceptable; and

WHEREAS, The domestic terrorists who participated in this attack on the United States Capitol in an attempt to overturn the results of the presidential election, and to thwart a peaceful transition of power, should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law; and

WHEREAS, This unprecedented attack on the United States Capitol, the United States Constitution, and the democratic process of the United States of America, will forever be a stain on our history; and

WHEREAS, President Donald J. Trump has consistently violated his Constitutional oath to faithfully execute the duties of the Office of the President of the United States, and to the best of his Ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and has violated his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed; and

WHEREAS, President Donald J. Trump has engaged in the unprecedented, categorical, and indiscriminate abuse of Presidential powers in a manner offensive to, and subversive of, the United States Constitution and the health, safety, and welfare of the general public; and

WHEREAS, This Body strongly condemns violence as a means in the political process; and

WHEREAS, This Body is calling for a show of Unity in Support of the United States Constitution.

BE IT RESOLVED by the Old Bridge Democratic Committee of The State of New Jersey:

1. The foregoing WHEREAS clauses are found to be self-evident and hereby resolved as true.

2. This Body strongly condemns President Trump and some extreme supporters who were incited by the President to lawlessly attack and occupy the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.

3. Further, this Body calls for Unity by all political parties and organizations showing their support for The United States Constitution and the governments formed thereunder.

4. That a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to our Representatives on the Local, State and Federal levels, urging each of them to join in our call for Unity.

This Resolution was duly adopted at the Regular meeting of the Old Bridge Democratic County Committee on the 1st day of February 2021.