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GOP Reps. Louie Gohmert, Mo Brooks and Matt Gaetz could face a censure vote in Congress next week – twitchy.com
Twitchy via The Spectator ^ | 01/10/2021

Posted on 01/10/2021 9:26:11 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Fox News’ Chad Pergram is reporting that House GOP Reps. Louie Gohmert, Mo Brook and possibly Matt Gaetz could face a censure vote next week:

1) Senior Democratic lawmakers tell Fox to expect a censure resolution in the House in the coming days for Reps. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) and Mo Brooks (R-AL). Fox is told there could also be consequences for Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL).

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) January 10, 2021

But we don’t have any details on just what would be in the censure resolution:

2) No resolution of prospective discipline has yet been shared with Fox. Nor is Fox aware of what the specific grievances would be if the House were to consider sanctions for these members.

The House has three formal modes of discipline: reprimand, censure and expulsion.

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) January 10, 2021

Censure is a rarely-used method of discipline for House members but it only takes a simple majority vote, which Dems certainly have:

3) The House has only censured 23 members in its history. The last was former Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) in 2010. Expulsion requires a two-thirds vote. The House has only expelled five members in history. But censure and reprimand require a simple majority.

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) January 10, 2021

We’ll keep you posted.



TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bidenvoters; censure; corruptcongress; extorion; florida; good; louiegohmert; mattgaetz; mobrooks; williampbarr
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To: SeekAndFind

They will wear it as a badge of honor.


43 posted on 01/10/2021 11:15:31 PM PST by WASCWatch ( WASC)
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To: Zhang Fei

You believe in the Easter bunny if you believe in elections.


44 posted on 01/10/2021 11:36:08 PM PST by Luke21 (Elections you say? We get them next election? )
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To: Luke21

[You believe in the Easter bunny if you believe in elections.]


These three men did win re-election by hefty margins.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%27s_1st_congressional_district#U.S._Representative
https://www.bamapolitics.com/alabama/alabama-elections/2020-alabama-elections/2020-alabama-5th-congressional-district-election/
https://weartv.com/news/local/incumbent-matt-gaetz-defeats-phil-ehr-in-race-for-floridas-dist-1-congressman


45 posted on 01/10/2021 11:45:27 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Seems like a big, fat, nothing burger.

"Members of Congress who have been censured are required to give up any committee chairs they hold. (MEANS ZERO for them in a RAT MAJORITY CONGRESS) Like a reprimand, a censure does not remove a member from their office so they retain their title, stature, and power to vote. There are also no legal consequences that come with a reprimand or censure. The main difference is that a reprimand is "considered a slap on the wrist and can be given in private and even in a letter," while a censure is "a form of public shaming in which the politician must stand before his peers to listen to the censure resolution"

46 posted on 01/10/2021 11:53:56 PM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: SeekAndFind; Zhang Fei
"Do you still trust and believe that elections anywhere will be fair after what just happened?"

Begging the question is one of two fallacies there. Election fraud is not a reason for trying to prevent conservatives from voting. It's a reason for getting more conservatives to vote.

47 posted on 01/10/2021 11:55:31 PM PST by familyop
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To: SeekAndFind

Those feminists and their homoactivist pets only want to scold the representatives. Harridans (AKA baboons) are addicted to scolding and homos get off on watching.


48 posted on 01/10/2021 11:58:27 PM PST by familyop
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To: Jaded

Liberals and Never Trumpers only have 2


49 posted on 01/11/2021 3:13:14 AM PST by afchief
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To: SeekAndFind

How can they be censured for performing an action that is defined by law? It wasn’t illegal.


50 posted on 01/11/2021 3:26:14 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: familyop

RE: It’s a reason for getting more conservatives to vote.

I’M not saying conservatives should not go out and vote. I’m saying don’t expect the results to be different from what we got in Georgia, TWICE (unless you fix the rotten, corrupt voting system).


51 posted on 01/11/2021 5:39:16 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: Zhang Fei

If I was involved in witnessing election fraud in 2020, I would not come forward for mere $1 Million. First it is not guaranteed prize, the fraud has to go to court and win. Not many courts are even accepting election fraud cases.

$1 million in today’s price structure does not make you secure. You will need at least $4 million plus to go live in obscurity without needing a job and get discovered. The list of people associated with Clinton’s who died unnatural deaths is more than 100 names.


52 posted on 01/11/2021 7:47:21 AM PST by entropy12 (It is NOT WHO VOTES, it is who COUNTS THE VOTES, become the rulers...I think Stalin said that?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Big whoop. Who cares?


53 posted on 01/11/2021 8:20:29 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: SeekAndFind

They can boot ‘em out. 2/3rds, and out you go.


54 posted on 01/11/2021 8:22:00 AM PST by Cboldt
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