Opinion | Ashley Pratte Oates: GOP refusal to censure Rep. Gosar is much more revealing than the vote's success. - NBCNewsTHINK
Even the people who were in the Capitol as it was under siege Jan. 6 now refuse to condemn the kind of violent rhetoric that fired up the conservative base prior to the insurrection. Instead of recognizing Gosar’s behavior as wildly unbecoming of a U.S. congressman and just downright deplorable as an American citizen,This is far from the first time Gosar has shown an affinity for racist and violent rhetoric.
Earlier this year, he was a speaker at a white nationalist conference and has indicated he supports their cause, “America First”. This isn’t about partisan games, it’s about a GOP chronically incapable and unwilling to condemn its own members’ blatant extremism, as well as showing its dark underbelly.
This symbolic censure vote wasn’t really about Gosar or Ocasio-Cortez. It was yet another public litmus test the GOP failed. And it highlighted once again that Republicans believe in free speech only when it suits them.
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