US lawmakers to introduce resolution condemning "Great Replacement Theory"

U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) spoke Wednesday, surrounded by other Democratic lawmakers and family members of the Buffalo supermarket shooting victims, about a resolution he would be introducing to condemn the "Great Replacement Theory."

The "Great Replacement Theory" was allegedly cited in a manifesto by the gunman in the Buffalo shooting, and is a conspiracy theory that says there is a plot to diminish the influence of white people in society. According to reports on the theory, believers say the goal is being achieved by immigration of nonwhite people and through "simple demographics."

Bowman said Congress must address both gun control and the root causes of hate.

"This (the theory) has spread and infected the minds of so many," Bowman said. "It is a conspiracy theory used to stoke racially-motivated violence all around the world."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also spoke at the news conference with Bowman, calling the theory harmful to both the country and democracy.
The vote on the resolution is expected to take place later on Wednesday.

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