The House will vote Wednesday on a resolution to censure Rep. Paul Gosar
Paul Anthony GosarMcCarthy says he called Gosar before anime tweet video taken down: report House ethics wars redux? The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by ExxonMobil – Will Biden’s big bill pass the House this week? MORE (R-Ariz.) and kick him off the Oversight and Reform Committee for posting an anime video that depicted him violently attacking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-CortezMcCarthy says he called Gosar before anime tweet video taken down: report House ethics wars redux? Juan Williams: A guide to combating right-wing lies MORE (D-N.Y.) and President Biden
Joe BidenBiden restates commitment to ‘one China’ policy on Taiwan in call with Xi Biden raises human rights with China’s Xi during four hour meeting Biden, Xi hold ‘candid’ discussion amid high tensions MORE.
The move, confirmed by a source familiar with the plan, would make Gosar just the 24th House member to be censured in the chamber’s history and the first in more than a decade.
Gosar currently serves on the Oversight and Reform panel with Ocasio-Cortez. The resolution would not take away his other assignment on the House Natural Resources Committee.
The Arizona Republican ultimately deleted the anime video last week following the backlash over its depiction of violence against two of the nation’s most prominent Democrats at a time when lawmakers face unprecedented threats — most notably the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Gosar defended the video earlier Tuesday during a closed-door House GOP conference meeting and claimed that he hadn’t seen it before it was posted to his Twitter account last week.
He also sought to clarify that he doesn’t support violence against political opponents. Last week, Gosar claimed that the video was meant to be “symbolic” of the debate over immigration and that Ocasio-Cortez represented “Democrats’ open border amnesty agenda.”
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthyMcCarthy says he called Gosar before anime tweet video taken down: report Trump dismisses report McConnell tried to disinvite him from Biden inauguration Trump criticizes McCarthy for treatment of Greene in new book MORE (R-Calif.) told reporters on Tuesday after the meeting that “it was not [Gosar’s] intent to ever harm anybody.”
Gosar declined to answer reporters’ questions as he entered the House chamber for votes shortly before Democratic leaders finalized the plan to take punitive action against him.
Ocasio-Cortez, for her part, expressed disgust with Gosar and said that she’d ideally like him to be expelled from Congress altogether.
She added that neither Gosar nor McCarthy has reached out to her since the video came out, arguing that it underscored a lack of remorse.
“I think that in a perfect world, he would be expelled,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “If he was telling the truth, he would have apologized by now. But it’s been well over a week.”
The last House member to be censured was former Rep. Charlie Rangel
Charles (Charlie) Bernard RangelGosar faces increasing odds of censure on House floor NYC snafu the latest flub from a broken elections agency The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – After historic verdict, Chauvin led away in handcuffs MORE (D-N.Y.) in 2010 over a variety of ethics violations, including failing to pay taxes on a vacation home in the Dominican Republic and misusing official letterhead for fundraising.
Wednesday’s vote will mark the second time this year that Democrats have removed a Republican from a House committee over what they believed to be unacceptable behavior. In February, House Democrats — as well as 11 Republicans — voted to take away Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
Marjorie Taylor GreeneGOP efforts to downplay danger of Capitol riot increase The Memo: What now for anti-Trump Republicans? Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’s meeting with Trump ‘soon’ in Florida MORE‘s (R-Ga.) committee assignments for her past embrace of conspiracy theories and apparent endorsement of violence against Democrats.
Updated at 5 p.m.
The House will vote Wednesday on a resolution to censure Rep. Paul GosarPaul Anthony GosarMcCarthy says he called Gosar before anime tweet video taken down: report House ethics wars redux? The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by ExxonMobil – Will Biden’s big bill pass the House this week? MORE (R-Ariz.) and kick him off the Oversight and Reform Committee for posting an anime video that depicted him violently attacking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAlexandria Ocasio-CortezMcCarthy says he called Gosar before anime tweet video taken down: report House ethics wars redux? Juan Williams: A guide to combating right-wing lies MORE (D-N.Y.) and President BidenJoe BidenBiden restates commitment to ‘one China’ policy on Taiwan in call with Xi Biden raises human rights with China’s Xi during four hour meeting Biden, Xi hold ‘candid’ discussion amid high tensions MORE.The move, confirmed by a source familiar with the plan, would make Gosar just the 24th House member to be censured in the chamber’s history and the first in more than a decade.Gosar currently serves on the Oversight and Reform panel with Ocasio-Cortez. The resolution would not take away his other assignment on the House Natural Resources Committee.The Arizona Republican ultimately deleted the anime video last week following the backlash over its depiction of violence against two of the nation’s most prominent Democrats at a time when lawmakers face unprecedented threats — most notably the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6.Gosar defended the video earlier Tuesday during a closed-door House GOP conference meeting and claimed that he hadn’t seen it before it was posted to his Twitter account last week. He also sought to clarify that he doesn’t support violence against political opponents. Last week, Gosar claimed that the video was meant to be “symbolic” of the debate over immigration and that Ocasio-Cortez represented “Democrats’ open border amnesty agenda.” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthyKevin McCarthyMcCarthy says he called Gosar before anime tweet video taken down: report Trump dismisses report McConnell tried to disinvite him from Biden inauguration Trump criticizes McCarthy for treatment of Greene in new book MORE (R-Calif.) told reporters on Tuesday after the meeting that “it was not [Gosar’s] intent to ever harm anybody.”Gosar declined to answer reporters’ questions as he entered the House chamber for votes shortly before Democratic leaders finalized the plan to take punitive action against him. Ocasio-Cortez, for her part, expressed disgust with Gosar and said that she’d ideally like him to be expelled from Congress altogether. She added that neither Gosar nor McCarthy has reached out to her since the video came out, arguing that it underscored a lack of remorse.“I think that in a perfect world, he would be expelled,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “If he was telling the truth, he would have apologized by now. But it’s been well over a week.”The last House member to be censured was former Rep. Charlie RangelCharles (Charlie) Bernard RangelGosar faces increasing odds of censure on House floor NYC snafu the latest flub from a broken elections agency The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – After historic verdict, Chauvin led away in handcuffs MORE (D-N.Y.) in 2010 over a variety of ethics violations, including failing to pay taxes on a vacation home in the Dominican Republic and misusing official letterhead for fundraising.Wednesday’s vote will mark the second time this year that Democrats have removed a Republican from a House committee over what they believed to be unacceptable behavior. In February, House Democrats — as well as 11 Republicans — voted to take away Rep. Marjorie Taylor GreeneMarjorie Taylor GreeneGOP efforts to downplay danger of Capitol riot increase The Memo: What now for anti-Trump Republicans? Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’s meeting with Trump ‘soon’ in Florida MORE’s (R-Ga.) committee assignments for her past embrace of conspiracy theories and apparent endorsement of violence against Democrats.Updated at 5 p.m.