Political Quotes

“This brings me to tears. There is no celebration on this floor. It is imperative that we pass this resolution and Mr. Gosar is censured and removed from his seat. The reason is you cannot depict the murder of another Member of Congress or the President of the United States. Madam Speaker, I stand here today as a senior member of the Committees on the Judiciary, on Homeland Security, and on the Budget, to support this Rule governing debate of H. Res. 789 to censure Rep. Gosar and to remove him from his committee assignment. I also stand here, Madam Speaker, to express my concern, indignation, and fear regarding Representative Gosar's actions. On November 7, 2021, Mr. Gosar shared a grotesque video on Twitter in which his face and those of several other Republican Members are edited into an anime segment, and in which Mr. Gosar is depicted killing a giant monster with the face of a Democratic Member of Congress. Mr. Gosar is then seen delivering a fatal strike to the back of the monster's neck, and blood is seen gushing from the wound. The video also depicts Mr. Gosar leaping at President Biden while brandishing two swords, and the video is interspersed throughout with real-life footage of Border Patrol officers rounding up migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. In one scene, footage of migrants crossing the Rio Grande is overlaid with what appears to be splattered blood.…”