Breaking: House Censures Paul Gosar over Video Depicting Violence against AOC

The House of Representative voted Wednesday to censure Representative Paul Gosar (R., Ariz.) and remove him from his committee assignments after he posted a violent animation of him killing Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.).

The resolution to censure Gosar passed in a 223 to 207 vote; Representative Liz Cheney (R., Wyo.) voted in favor of the resolution, while Representative David Joyce (R., Ohio) voted "present."

During a House debate on the issue, Representative Mary Gay Scanlon (D., Pa.) argued that lawmakers "cannot dismiss Representative Gosar's violent fantasies as a joke" because people "look up to us" and "take our lead."

"So, when a member posts a video of himself killing a colleague, that’s obviously going to have an impact on the way people approach their politics," Scanlon said.

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