US House Votes to Censure Republican Congressman Paul Gosar Over Posting Video

22:15 GMT, 17 November 2021
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US House of Representatives approved a measure to censure Republican Congressman Paul Gosar over a video he shared on Twitter that depicted Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez being killed.
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The House of Representatives approved the measure with a 223-207 vote on Wednesday.
Republicans Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger voted in favor of the resolution.
As a result of the vote, Gosar is removed from his House of Representatives committee assignments, which include the Oversight and Reform Committee and the Natural Resources Committee.
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Gosar is the 24th member of the House of Representatives to be censured in the chamber's history.
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