Washington, November 18th : .The US House voted to censure Paul Gosar of Arizona and to remove him from the committee chairs.
He posted an animated on his social media pages depicting his attack against Alexandria OcasioCortez, New York Democratic Congresswoman, and insulting President Joe Biden.The censure resolution was passed in a 223-207-1 vote, with GOP representatives Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois joining all Democrats in casting the “yea” vote while Ohio Republican Congressman Dave Joyce voting “present.”.Censure was approved in 223-207-1 votes.Liz Cheney, a Republican representative from Wyoming, and Adam Kinzinger (an Illinois Republican congressman) joined all Democrats to vote “yea”, while Dave Joyce, an Ohio Republican Congressman, voted “present.”
A censure resolution is the most severe form of punishment in the House, and Gosar became just the 24th member of the House to be censured in the chamber’s over 200 years of history, Xinhua news agency reported.Censure resolutions are the harshest form of punishment within the House.Gosar was the 24th House member to be censured over the chamber’s 200-year history, Xinhua news agency stated.
Gosar will also be removed from the House Oversight and Reform Committee and the House Natural Resources Committee.Gosar will be also removed from both the House Oversight and Reform Committee and House Natural Resources Committee.
Stripping a member of his or her committee assignments deprives the representative of the ability to influence legislation and advance constituent priorities on a powerful platform.The removal of a representative from his/her committee assignments robs them of their ability to affect legislation and promote constituent priorities.
What led to the House taking the extraordinary steps was a photoshopped anime video Gosar posted on and later deleted from his social media accounts.The House took extraordinary measures after Gosar uploaded a photoshop anime video to his Facebook page, which he later removed from his accounts.
The video depicted himself as cartoon anime-type hero attacking a giant with Ocasio-Cortez’ face with a sword from behind and in another scene — flying through the air and swinging two swords at a character with Biden’s face.In the video, Gosar was depicted as a cartoon-anime-type hero who attacked Ocasio Cortez’s face using a sword.
Another scene showed him flying through air swinging two swords at Biden.
Refusing to apologize, Gosar said the video was not meant to “espouse violence towards anyone” but only to symbolize his disagreement with the Biden administration’s immigration policy.
Gosar refused to apologize and said that the video wasn’t meant to be offensive to anyone, but was intended to show his disapproval of the Biden administration’s immigration policies.He said the animation was “not itself a threat,” using the term “self-censored” to describe his decision to take it down.
Gosar said that the animation wasn’t a threat and used the phrase “self-censored”, to explain his decision to remove it.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who read the censure resolution aloud before the vote as Gosar was forced to stand in the center of the House floor, said Gosar’s posts target women of color like Ocasio-Cortez, intending “to silence women and keep them from positions of authority and participating in public life.”.Nancy Pelosi (House Speaker) read the censure resolution aloud to Gosar before the vote.
OcasioCortez was made to stand at the Center of the House Floor.She stated that Gosar’s posts targeted women of color, like OcasioCortez.Her intent was “to silence them and prevent them from participating in public life and being in positions of authority.”
Rebuking Gosar’s claims that the video was symbolic, Ocasio-Cortez said that “as leaders in this country, when we incite violence with depictions against our colleagues, that trickles down into violence in this country.Ocasio Cortez rebuffed Gosar’s claim that the video was symbolic.She stated that leaders in this nation incite violence against their colleagues.This leads to violence in this country.And that is where we must draw the line, independent of party, identity or belief.”.That is the point where we need to draw the line.
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