Title: Censuring Representative Paul Gosar.
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
This resolution censures Representative Paul Gosar for posting a certain video on his social media accounts that depicts violence against Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and President Joseph R. Biden.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 789 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 789

                  Censuring Representative Paul Gosar.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 12, 2021

 Ms. Speier (for herself, Mr. Cooper, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Escobar, Ms. 
 Garcia of Texas, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. 
   Williams of Georgia, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Yarmuth, Ms. Norton, Mrs. 
Dingell, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Evans, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. 
 Lofgren, Mr. Auchincloss, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Blumenauer, 
Ms. Omar, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Torres of 
New York, Mr. Carson, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, 
Mr. McNerney, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Welch, Mr. Bowman, Ms. Pingree, Mrs. 
Watson Coleman, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Crow, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Chu, Mr. Gallego, 
  Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Jacobs of 
California, Ms. Adams, Ms. Dean, Ms. Meng, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Horsford, 
  Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Lynch, Ms. McCollum, Ms. 
   Jayapal, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. 
Raskin, and Mr. Cardenas) submitted the following resolution; which was 
                  referred to the Committee on Ethics

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                               RESOLUTION


 
                  Censuring Representative Paul Gosar.

Whereas, on November 7, 2021, Representative Paul Gosar posted a manipulated 
        video on his social media accounts depicting himself killing 
        Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Joseph 
        Biden;
Whereas the video was posted on Representative Gosar's official Instagram 
        account and used the resources of the House of Representatives to 
        further violence against elected officials;
Whereas Representative Gosar issued a statement on November 9, 2021, defending 
        the video as a ``symbolic cartoon'' and spreading hateful and false 
        rhetoric about immigrants;
Whereas the leadership of the Republican Party has failed to condemn 
        Representative Gosar's threats of violence against the President of the 
        United States and a fellow Member of Congress;
Whereas the Speaker of the House made clear that threats of violence against 
        Members of Congress and the President of the United States should not be 
        tolerated and called on the Committee on Ethics of the House and law 
        enforcement to investigate the video;
Whereas depictions of violence can foment actual violence and jeopardize the 
        safety of elected officials, as witnessed in this chamber on January 6, 
        2021;
Whereas violence against women in politics is a global phenomenon meant to 
        silence women and discourage them from seeking positions of authority 
        and participating in public life, with women of color disproportionately 
        impacted;
Whereas a 2016 survey by the Inter-Parliamentary Union found that 82 percent of 
        women parliamentarians have experienced psychological violence and 44 
        percent received threats of death, sexual violence, beatings, or 
        abduction during their term; and
Whereas the participation of women in politics makes our government more 
        representative and just: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) Representative Paul Gosar of Arizona be censured;
            (2) Representative Paul Gosar forthwith present himself in 
        the well of the House of Representatives for the pronouncement 
        of censure; and
            (3) Representative Paul Gosar be censured with the public 
        reading of this resolution by the Speaker.
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