Speaker Pelosi: 'These threats specifically targeted a woman, a woman of color, which is...meant to silence women, to discourage them [from] seeking positions of authority and participating in public life.'
Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., after he posted an animated video that depicted him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and attacking President Joe Biden.
Following the vote, Gosar had to stand in the well of the House chamber as Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., read the resolution. After expulsion, censure is considered the harshest punishment against a member in the House. Ocasio-Cortez, a member of the Oversight Committee, said Wednesday that Gosar had not apologized to her.
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