JACOB CHANSLEY, “the QAnon Shaman” who became the face of Jan. 6 tensions in Congress to the fore and highlighted Republicans’ increasing tendency to defend their GOP colleagues against any criticism from Democrats, regardless of the behavior at issue.”Īnd even if Gosar hadn’t posted the video and refused to apologize for it, there was other news Wednesday that reminded us of the right’s increasing tolerance for violent rhetoric. WaPo’s Felicia Sonmez, Amy Wang and Marianna Sotomayor summed up Gosar Censure Day thusly: “The day brought the post-Jan. ‘Did you listen to anything we said?’ McCarthy responded to the reporter, before dismissing the question and ultimately ending the press conference.” When the top Republican opened up the event to take questions from journalists, the first question was about Gosar. Olivia Beavers and Sarah Ferris zoom in on the reversal for Republicans: “Their predicament was captured Wednesday afternoon, when McCarthy and dozens of Republicans held a press conference to speak out against Democrats’ social spending plan. Congressman Paul Gosar took the anime video down again, this time after leaving it up for two hours.” Now, after the censure, Gosar has reposted the same video.” And then : “And it’s gone. Others in the Republican Party cited the deletion as a sign of good faith. What came next, via The Informant’s “Before his censure, Congressman Paul Gosar made a big deal about having deleted the anime video depicting him killing AOC. ADAM KINZINGER (Ill.) and LIZ CHENEY (Wyo.) - joined Democrats in voting for the measure. ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ (D-N.Y.) and attacking President JOE BIDEN.” Just two Republicans - Reps. Nicholas Wu and Heather Caygle have the run-down on the House’s vote to censure Gosar and strip him of his committee assignments after he “posted an anime video last week that depicted him killing Rep. PAUL GOSAR (R-Ariz.), it turned into a “McCarthy Defends …” week. This was supposed to be a “Dems in Disarray” week, but thanks to Rep. And every so often, a massive spending bill ends up on the president’s desk. Long stretches of Democratic infighting over policy are punctuated by semi-regular acts of extremism by the fringe of the House Republican Conference. (3) “Congress Sends Biden Historic Legislation” (2) “Kevin McCarthy Defends Far-Right Member, Who ” GOSAR TURNS SPOTLIGHT ON HOUSE GOP - There are three headlines that describe most big events in the 117th Congress so far: TOP-ED - Here’s a LARRY SUMMERS op-ed for WaPo that the White House will be celebrating today: “IRS reform will generate a lot more revenue than the CBO thinks” | Drew Angerer/Getty Images DRIVING THE DAY Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), it turned into a “Kevin McCarthy Defends …” week.
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