The Republican-controlled Arizona House of Representatives expelled a GOP member for “disorderly behavior” during a legislative hearing on elections, a rare moment in which Republicans held one of their own to account for election-related conspiracies.
Arizona House members voted 46-13 to expel Harris, a tally that included 18 Republicans voting in favor. Immediately after the vote, she gathered her belongings from her desk and left the chamber as observers in the gallery shouted “Shame on you!”Toma, who voted in favor of expelling Harris, told reporters after the vote he was saddened that the chamber had to consider the matter. “It’s not to be taken lightly and I don’t think it was taken lightly,” he said.
Harris told The Washington Post ahead of the vote, “I didn’t lie and God knows the truth. The truth will come out.”The House Ethics Committee on Tuesday found that Harris was aware that an insurance agent she invited to address a Feb. 23 Joint Elections Committee would allege criminal activity and election fraud by various public officials.
The five-member panel asked House members to read their report and consider whether disciplinary action should be taken. Republicans will begin the process to replace Harris and send the names of three possibilities to the governing board of Maricopa County, which helps administer elections. The board must choose one of those individuals to fill Harris’s seat.
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