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| Above, Rep. Paul Gosar at a Trump rally in Lake Havasu in October 2020. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Arizona) was censured for posting an anime-type video about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
According to Yahoo! News:
The House voted Wednesday to censure Rep. Paul Gosar after the Arizona Republican posted a violent cartoon video that depicted him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and attacking President Biden.
The resolution passed 223-207, with just two Republicans — Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois — joining all 221 Democrats voting in favor of Gosar’s censure. Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, who sits on the House Ethics Committee, voted “present.” Three Republicans did not vote.
The measure stripped Gosar of his committee assignments, including a seat on the House Oversight Committee, a panel on which he had served alongside Ocasio-Cortez.
Last week the anime-style video that featured him slashing Ocasio-Cortez in the back of the neck and attacking the president was posted to Gosar’s social media accounts.
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The censuring of Gosar did not sit well with some members of congress. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) skewered the move as an act of hypocrisy by the Democrats and took aim at a couple of them.
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