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Nov 18, 2021 · NPR | By Barbara Sprunt. Published November 18, 2021 at 7:22 AM EST. Listen • 2:01. NOEL KING, HOST: The House of Representatives has censured Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar. He tweeted an anime-style video that showed a character that looks like him killing another character meant to be New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Nov 8, 2021 · The Washington Post. WASHINGTON – Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., shared a photoshopped, animated video that depicts him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and swinging two swords at...
Nov 17, 2021 · The House on Wednesday voted 223-207 to censure Arizona Republican Paul Gosar and remove him from his committee roles for posting an animated video that depicted him killing New York...
- A Partisan Debate
- Uptick in Violence and Threats
- Gosar Defends His Position
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said the House needed to act now on Gosar "because it's an emergency." She said it amounted to "violence against women, workplace harassment, really I think legal matters in terms threatening our member and threatening the president of the United States." She added, "this is outrageous, and outrageous on the pa...
Ocasio-Cortez told reporters the video is part of a pattern that normalizes violence. She has had a security detail for months following the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and says threats have increased recently. She said the House must respond. "I believe this is a part of a concerted strategy and I think it's very important for us to draw a strict...
On Tuesday, Gosar explained to his GOP colleagues in a closed door meeting that his staff created the video and he had not seen it before it was posted and he took it down later. But talking to a conservative outlet Red Voice Media Tuesday afternoon, he defended the video as an outreach effort about the Democrats' agenda. "It's an anime — we were t...
Nov 17, 2021 · 11/16/2021 05:35 PM EST. Updated: 11/16/2021 07:30 PM EST. The House will vote Wednesday to censure Rep. Paul Gosar after the Arizona Republican posted a violent cartoon video last week...
Nov 17, 2021 · The U.S. House of Representatives censured one of its own for the first time in more than a decade. Wednesday's censure vote against Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona was divided — nearly ...
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- Lisa Desjardins,Tess Conciatori
Democrats introduced the censure resolution against Mr Gosar last week after it became known that he had used an official House social media account to post an animated video depicting him...
