Democrats tamp down calls for Trump censure — for now

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Democratic leaders quelled calls for a rare censure vote against President Trump, pushing instead for a resolution condemning his recent tweets about four minority freshmen congresswomen.

In a closed-door meeting Tuesday with lawmakers, Speaker Nancy Pelosi argued the resolution, not a censure vote, would be harder for Republicans to vote against and thus a far more attractive legislative vehicle to go after the president.

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