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Today, 207 Republicans voted against holding white nationalist sympathizer and fellow extremist Rep. Paul Gosar accountable for tweeting a heinous animated video showing him killing a sitting congresswoman.
If it were up to Republicans, Gosar, who has been a top ally for dangerous far-right extremists and promoted “Anglo-Saxon” ideas alongside Marjorie Taylor Greene, would have been let off the hook for promoting images of him killing their colleague. The vote underscores who really runs the House Republican Conference — unhinged extremists like Gosar and Greene who face nothing but shrugs from Republican leadership in response to their violent rhetoric.
“Today was a dark preview of what will happen if Kevin McCarthy becomes speaker — a world in which extremist Republicans who publicly fantasize about murdering their colleagues and violently attacking the President and attempt to start a white supremacist caucus can govern with total impunity,” said DCCC Chairman Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney. “The GOP’s twisted values are downright dangerous for American families, and we’re going to make sure every voter knows it.”
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