Resolution 977 –  Censure and Expel Representative Sutherland

WHEREAS the United States Constitution guarantees the states the right to certify their Electoral College delegates, and the states, many with Republican Legislatures and Secretaries of State, certified 306 votes electing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris President and Vice President, respectively;

WHEREAS Trump alleged fraud, but sixty-one lawsuits to overturn the election results were dismissed by eighty-six judges, including Trump appointees, for lack of evidence, or lack of standing, and others based on the merits of the voter fraud allegations;     

WHEREAS Representative Robert Sutherland, on April 19, 2020, spoke to demonstrators waving flags that would invade our Capitol on January 6, 2021, called law enforcement “goons with guns”, promoted “revolution”, and implying threats to law enforcement officers charged with enforcing Governor’s Inslee’s legal stay at home order, thereby earning a written rebuke from Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs for his statements undermining and threatening law enforcement, and further undermined the rule of law on May 31, 2020, by encouraging vigilantism, posing for a photo with an assault rifle alongside other armed individuals, purporting to “defend” the city of Snohomish at a lawful demonstration; 

WHEREAS on December 14, 2020, after the United States Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit challenging the election results, Representative Sutherland called our fair and free Presidential election a “coup”, asserted this “coup” could be the start of civil war, making seditious statements telling followers to “prepare for [civil] war” against the lawful authority of elected government;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Washington State Democratic Central Committee calls upon the state legislature to censure Representative Robert Sutherland, strip him of his committee assignments, and expel him from Washington State’s Legislature.

THEREFORE BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that this resolution will be transmitted to all Democratic members of the Washington House and Senate.

Submitted by 5th Legislative District Democrats to the Washington State Democratic Central Committee for consideration at its meeting next meeting, May 1st, 2021.   (Date submitted February 26, 2021)  This Resolution Passed by the 5th LD Dems on 2-17-21, Contact: Roger Ledbetter, 5th LD Dems, KCDCC Represefrom Washington State’s Legislature.ntative, at 425-654-1871 Email lisaandroger@comcast.net

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