Political Quotes

“Is there a high school or a workplace in America that would do nothing if a student or a worker posted violently threatening material against a fellow student or a colleague? Please show it to me, if so. Last month, a high school student in Michigan made threatening statements about a specific classmate. He was arrested. In Boulder, Colorado, several high school students were expelled for posting violently threatening material online. Last month, in Chicago, a firefighter was fired for his threatening social media posts, including a cartoon of someone running someone else over in a car. A woman in Pennsylvania who made violent threats against a colleague on Facebook was fired, and the State court found she was ineligible for unemployment compensation because her violently threatening speech online constituted willful misconduct. It is remarkable to me, Madam Speaker, that we have colleagues who think we should do nothing in the face of a Member of the United States House of Representatives who posts an animated cartoon video of him killing a colleague. Congressman Gosar is 62. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is 32.”