Swalwell joins Congressional Colleagues in Calling for Censure of Rep. Gosar

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Eric Swalwell (CA-15) joined Reps. Jackie Speier (CA-14), Jim Cooper (TN-5), Brenda Lawrence (MI-14), Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23); Rashida Talib (MI-13), Nikema Williams (GA-5), and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) in introducing a resolution censuring Congressman Paul Gosar (AZ-4). Earlier this week, Gosar posted an edited, animated video on social media depicting himself as murdering Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Joe Biden.

"Too many people today are choosing violence over voting to enact political change," said Swalwell. "We must hold all to account."

The video has been viewed millions of times and has received strong condemnation by Members of Congress, the press, and the public. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Rep. Gosar defended the video, calling it a "symbolic cartoon" and spreading hateful and false rhetoric about immigrants.

Cosponsors of the resolution are: Representatives Marcy Kaptur, John Yarmuth, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Debbie Dingell, Steve Cohen, Jared Huffman, Dwight Evans, Barbara Lee, Zoe Lofgren, Jake Auchincloss, Katherine Clark, Earl Blumenauer, Ilhan Omar, Nydia M. Velázquez, Jerrold Nadler, Joaquin Castro, Ritchie Torres, André Carson, and Raúl Grijalva.

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