Censure? That's it for this clown?
Forgive me for sounding a good bit unimpressed with what the U.S. House of Representatives did today to “punish” one of its members who posted a video purporting to show him murdering one of his colleagues.
Rep. Paul Gosar, an Arizona Republican, today was censured by the House for the anime video that showed him stabbing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, to death; he also has a video showing him attacking President Biden; yes, the POTUS is a Democrat, too.
Gosar was forced today to stand on the House floor and listen to his colleagues castigate him. They cast their votes and — true to form — they voted on mostly partisan lines to censure the Arizona goofball. Only GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and (lame duck) Adam Kinzinger voted with the majority in censuring Gosar.
Here, though, is the rub: The House hasn’t gone far enough. It needs to muster the guts to kick this guy’s sorry a** out of Congress. Expulsion clearly is an option. So, why not pursue it?
“What is so hard about saying that this is wrong? This is not about me. This is not about Rep. Gosar. But this is about what we are willing to accept,” Ocasio-Cortez said during remarks on the House floor. The GOP members who said “no” to censure have in effect accepted that it’s OK to weaponize social media in the fashion that Gosar did. My goodness, the guy is a lunatic.
“Our work here matters. Our example matters. There is meaning in our service. And as leaders in this country, when we incite violence with depictions against our colleagues, that trickles down into violence in this country. And that is where we must draw the line, independent of party, identity or belief,” AOC said.
Did Gosar apologize? Did he expression a hint of contrition? No. He didn’t.
Instead, he sought to justify the hideous nature of the message he sent out there.
The House has stripped Gosar of his committee assignments. He now will get to bloviate from the back bench. Big deal, man.
He needs to be shown the exit from Capitol Hill.