Bacon votes against Gosar censure; Democrats fire back
Bacon says he “denounces all forms of threats, violence, or perceived violence” but adds kicking congressmen off committees sets a “terrible precedent that will come back to haunt the Democrats in 2023.”
By News Channel NebraskaNebraska GOP Congressman Don Bacon has voted not to censure a fellow Republican Congressman and Democrats have wasted no time firing back.
Despite support from Bacon and all but three House Republicans, Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar—who posted an animated video showing him appearing to kill Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Joe Biden—was formally censured by the Democratic controlled House Wednesday and stripped of his committee assignments.
Bacon says he “denounces all forms of threats, violence, or perceived violence” but adds kicking congressmen off committees sets a “terrible precedent that will come back to haunt the Democrats in 2023.”
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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which is targeting Bacon for defeat next year, calls Bacon’s vote “cowardly” labeling him an “extremist sympathizer.”
According to Bacon, cases like this should be handled by the House Ethics Committee, that ““Going back to 1789, the majority in the House has never kicked members of the minority off of committees—and Speaker Pelosi has made history by doing it four times this year.”
The DCCC says Bacon’s vote “underscores who really runs the House Republican Conference” pointing to Gosar and Marjorie Taylor Greene “who face nothing but shrugs” from GOP leaders.