House Censures Rep. Gosar

 

We ran the numbers: There are 1034 news articles covering this topic. 66% (682) are left leaning, 30% (310) are center, and 4% (42) are right leaning.

On Wednesday, the House voted to censure Republican Representative Paul Gosar of Arizona for posting an animated video that depicted him killing Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with a sword. While left-leaning articles highlight that the resolution also removes Gosar from his assignments on the House Oversight and Natural Resources committees, right-leaning articles highlight that Gosar shared the video in question last week before deleting it.

A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that the resolution also removes Gosar from his assignments on the House Oversight and Natural Resources committees. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said during Wednesday’s debate that GOP leaders’ refusal to reprimand Gosar was “outrageous.”

AP News published a centrist article reporting that Democrats argued Gosar’s conduct would not be tolerated in any other workplace. The vote to censure Gosar and remove him from his House committee assignments was approved by a vote of 223-207.

A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that Gosar shared the video in question last week before deleting it. Gosar said in a statement that the video was a “symbolic cartoon” about immigration policy.



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