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Democrats continue to press for action against Gosar, call for censure
Monday, November 15, 2021
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WASHINGTON – House Democrats continued to press for action Friday against Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Prescott, over a violent cartoon video that appears to show him attacking the president and killing a liberal House Democrat.
Close to 30 Democrats said they plan to introduce a censure resolution chiding Gosar for the video, which was posted to his congressional social media accounts, and another 10 wrote the House GOP leader, urging him to call for a House Ethics Committee investigation.
But House Republicans have yet to move against Gosar, who said in a statement Tuesday that he does not “espouse violence or harm” and that the video was merely a “symbolic” statement on the battle between conservatives and liberals over an upcoming immigration proposal.
Neither Gosar nor House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., responded to requests for comment Friday.
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Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., one of the signers of the letter, called Gosar’s video an example of his “sick behavior.” “In any workplace in America, if a coworker made an anime video killing another coworker, that person would be fired,” Lieu said in a tweet. But Wallner warned that taking action against members will have a “longer, more damaging effect on our system.” “While obviously there are some things out there that are extremely distasteful that shouldn’t be tolerated, I think we should always err on the side of allowing for speech and trying to encourage an environment conducive to critical inquiry and robust debate on Capitol Hill, and not be engaged in censuring lawmakers for activities,” he said. For more stories from Cronkite News, visit cronkitenews.azpbs.org.This is sick behavior from Rep. Paul Gosar. He tweeted out the video showing him killing Rep. Ocasio-Cortez from both his official account and personal account. In any workplace in America, if a coworker made an anime video killing another coworker, that person would be fired. pic.twitter.com/0ygBfE6bEL
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) November 9, 2021
Note: This story originally appeared on Cronkite News. It is published via a Creative Commons license. Cronkite News is produced by the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.
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