the sensor director to report to rahm e manummanuel. they called it shameful. the nominee for commerce secretary with draw his nomination over the issue. the white house decided not to go through with it. later on when the rnc tried to politicize the census by sending out deceptive mail pieces, republicans worked with democrats to pass legislation to make that practice illegal. republicans had a long history of defending the census, moving past politics and legislating when they thought the plitization was happening. that's how important the census is. it's about how we count ourselves. republicans passed resolutions saying that exact language. every person needs to be counted. 50 republicans co-sponsored the