Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) was censured by the House of Representatives and removed from his committee assignments in response to his sharing an anime video depicting him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-AZ) and attacking President Biden, 223 to 210.
Every Democrat and just two Republicans — Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) — voted in favor of the measure.
Gosar was forced to stand in the well of the House while the resolution was read out loud.
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.