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The House voted Wednesday to censure Rep. Paul A. Gosar (R-Ariz.) for tweeting an anime video that depicted him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and swinging swords at President Biden — a move that comes amid growing worries about violent political rhetoric months after a mob of former president Donald Trump’s supporters attacked the Capitol.
The 223-to-207 vote, with one member voting present, marks the first time in more than a decade that the House has censured one of its members. The resolution also removes Gosar from his assignments on the House Oversight and Natural Resources committees.
“Disguising death threats against a member of Congress and a president of the United States in an animated video does not make those death threats any less real or less serious,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said during Wednesday’s debate, describing GOP leaders’ refusal to reprimand Gosar as “outrageous.”
Ocasio-Cortez, who has faced threats and been accosted by other House Republicans in the past, said Wednesday’s resolution is not about her or Gosar, but rather about “what we are willing to accept.”
“What is so hard about saying that this is wrong?” she asked.
In response to Gosar’s video last week, Ocasio-Cortez listed several times she was accosted or harassed at the Capitol by Republican members of Congress, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) and Rep. Ted Yoho (Fla.), who left office in January.
“All at my job,” she tweeted, along with an upside-down smiley face. “[And] nothing ever happens.”
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If someone who was not politically connected had done that,that person would have been in jail!
Open Racism and Hate speech is the norm for the GOP since Trump reared his fat orange racist ass.
It's horrifying.
@LiterateHiker Yes it is
Bad news!! It was basically only half the House. Republicans now instinctively circle the wagons the minute any wrongdoing is called out, regardless of what it is. A Republican could shoot a nun these days and still be defended by their colleagues.
And off-year elections have a history of favoring the opposite party from the President, so look for an artificial rage-fest starting Jan. 2023.
Try showing a similar video at your job and see what happens! This was outrageous and deserving of even more punishment....as in FIRE THE JERK!
Could not agree more! The man is a bully and white Supremacist who thinks he is superior to people of color. AOC has had many death threats from the followers of Gosar and other repubs.
Agreed. Paul Gosar should be fired.
He should be banned from holding a public office.
@LiterateHiker Great as that sounds……his dopey fuck followers will always vote for him.
@CuddyCruiser yes, it’s very sad that his district is full of mouth breathers like him!