South Carolina H 5153: Anderson County School District 2

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2025-2026 Bill 5153 Text of Previous Version (Feb. 11, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 5153

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

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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.

Whereas, 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

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

Whereas, 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

Whereas, 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

Whereas, 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

Whereas, 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

Whereas, 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

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

Whereas, 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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