GOP Rep. Gosar censured, booted from committees over violent video
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The House on Wednesday voted to censure Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) and strip him of his committee assignments for posting a video on Twitter that depicts him attacking President Biden and killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).
Why it matters: Gosar is the second House Republican to lose committee seats at the hands of the Democratic majority in the 117th Congress, which has been plagued by violence and inflammatory rhetoric both inside and outside the Capitol.
The censure resolution, which passed 223-210, got little cross-party support.
Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) and Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) voted with Democrats to pass it and remove Gosar from the House Oversight and Natural Resources committees. Rep. David Joyce (R-Ohio) voted present.
The big picture: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who lost her committee seats for similarly incendiary comments, has openly mused about taking similar action against Democrats if her party seizes the House majority.
