Vote Scheduled on Resolution to Censure and Remove Gosar From Oversight Committee Over Photoshopped Anime Video

A vote has been scheduled in the House of Representatives tomorrow on a resolution to censure and remove U.S. House Rep Paul Gosar (R-AZ) from the Oversight and Reform Committee for posting a photoshopped anime video.

The now-deleted video depicted Gosar defending the country from the illegal immigrant invasion at the southern border, which involved him killing U.S. House Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and lunging at President Joe Biden with a sword.

A source familiar with the plan confirmed the extraordinary move, which would make Gosar just the 24th House member to be censured in the chamber’s history and the first in more than a decade.

The resolution was introduced by a group of House Democrats led by U.S. House Rep Jackie Speier (D-CA) and nine other representatives.

In a statement announcing the plans to make a motion introducing the resolution, the group said, “For that Member to post such a video on his official Instagram account and use his official congressional resources in the House of Representatives to further violence against elected officials goes beyond the pale.”

“As the events of January 6th have shown, such vicious and vulgar messaging can and does foment actual violence,” the statement added.

Previously, we reported on Gosar’s response to the possible censure attempt, saying that he believes it will ultimately succeed.

Earlier today, Gosar defended the video during a closed-door House GOP conference meeting and claimed that he hadn’t seen it before it was posted to his Twitter account last week.

Gosar sought to clarify that he doesn’t support violence against political opponents and he had previously pointed out that the video was clearly just “symbolic.”

In February, U.S. House Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) was stripped of her committee assignments, although she wasn’t censured, over social media posts and videos she made prior to being elected.

The resolution would not take away Gosar’s other assignment on the House Natural Resources Committee if it were to pass.