Post by t-bob on Nov 18, 2021 14:19:40 GMT -5
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The House voted yesterday to censure Arizona Republican Rep. Paul Gosar for his posting of an anime video that depicted him killing Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and assaulting President Biden.
Only two Republicans voted with the Democrats, Representatives Liz Cheney of Wyoming, and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois.
Gosar was also stripped of his committee assignments. It’s only the 24th time in the country’s history that censure has been deployed.
Censure is a form of public humiliation that requires the recipient to have regrets if it’s going to have any effect. Gosar, a far right winger who has sided with white nationalists and espoused QAnon conspiracies has not apologized and Republican leaders have refused to condemn him. He re-posted the offending video shortly after his censure.
To give you an idea of what kind of guy Gosar is, his own siblings have described him as a political pariah.
The vote followed an at times angry debate between the two parties. Gosar said on the floor that what he did was not dangerous or threatening and Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of California described it as a one-sided affair saying, “There’s an old definition of abuse of power: rules for thee but not for me.”
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, “When a member uses his or her national platform to encourage violence, tragically, people listen.” She said that “depictions of violence can foment actual violence, as witnessed by this chamber on Jan. 6, 2021.”
And Ocasio-Cortez asked, “What is so hard, what is so hard about saying that this is wrong?” She said, “This is about what we are willing to accept.”
The House voted yesterday to censure Arizona Republican Rep. Paul Gosar for his posting of an anime video that depicted him killing Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and assaulting President Biden.
Only two Republicans voted with the Democrats, Representatives Liz Cheney of Wyoming, and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois.
Gosar was also stripped of his committee assignments. It’s only the 24th time in the country’s history that censure has been deployed.
Censure is a form of public humiliation that requires the recipient to have regrets if it’s going to have any effect. Gosar, a far right winger who has sided with white nationalists and espoused QAnon conspiracies has not apologized and Republican leaders have refused to condemn him. He re-posted the offending video shortly after his censure.
To give you an idea of what kind of guy Gosar is, his own siblings have described him as a political pariah.
The vote followed an at times angry debate between the two parties. Gosar said on the floor that what he did was not dangerous or threatening and Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of California described it as a one-sided affair saying, “There’s an old definition of abuse of power: rules for thee but not for me.”
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, “When a member uses his or her national platform to encourage violence, tragically, people listen.” She said that “depictions of violence can foment actual violence, as witnessed by this chamber on Jan. 6, 2021.”
And Ocasio-Cortez asked, “What is so hard, what is so hard about saying that this is wrong?” She said, “This is about what we are willing to accept.”