Posted on Mar 2, 2022
Arizona State Senate censures lawmaker who threatened rivals with violence
626
16
5
8
8
0
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/01/ [login to see] /arizona-state-senate-censures-lawmaker-who-threatened-rivals-with-violence
The Arizona State Senate, in a bipartisan vote, has censured a Republican lawmaker for calling for violence against her political opponents, saying state Sen. Wendy Rogers "has damaged the reputation of the Arizona State Senate by her actions."
The move comes days after Rogers spoke at a conference organized by a well-known white nationalist in which she called for her political rivals to be hanged. She later used antisemitic tropes to describe Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whose nation is being invaded by Russian troops.
The event — the America First Political Action Conference — which was organized by Nick Fuentes, an online troll and outspoken white nationalist, was also attended by U.S. Reps. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., and Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. Both lawmakers have drawn scrutiny for their past remarks; however, neither was officially reprimanded by party leadership for their presence at the event, though both face political isolation.
"There's no place in the Republican Party for white supremacists or anti-Semitism," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement, not naming any of the event's participants by name.
The Arizona State Senate, in a bipartisan vote, has censured a Republican lawmaker for calling for violence against her political opponents, saying state Sen. Wendy Rogers "has damaged the reputation of the Arizona State Senate by her actions."
The move comes days after Rogers spoke at a conference organized by a well-known white nationalist in which she called for her political rivals to be hanged. She later used antisemitic tropes to describe Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whose nation is being invaded by Russian troops.
The event — the America First Political Action Conference — which was organized by Nick Fuentes, an online troll and outspoken white nationalist, was also attended by U.S. Reps. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., and Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. Both lawmakers have drawn scrutiny for their past remarks; however, neither was officially reprimanded by party leadership for their presence at the event, though both face political isolation.
"There's no place in the Republican Party for white supremacists or anti-Semitism," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement, not naming any of the event's participants by name.
Arizona State Senate censures lawmaker who threatened rivals with violence
Posted from npr.org
Violence
Racism
Nationalism
Judaism
Posted 3 y ago
Responses: 5
3
3
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
OK NPR. Just how is this journalism integrity when there are no transcripts or direct quotes from those speeches? All that this NPR article reported on was hearsay. Just how is Nick Fuentes a
"White nationalist" when he is Hispanic? Sorry, but you can't separate people by ethnicity when it suits you one way, or combine them when it suits you another.
"Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. The real extent of this state of misinformation is known only to those who are in situations to confront facts within their knowledge with the lies of the day."
--- Thomas Jefferson
As far as the Progressive McConnell's statement goes ("white supremacists or anti-Semitism"), where is his condemnation of black, hispanic and moslem supremacists? What of the antisemitism espoused by those groups? The way he puts it, the latter is completely acceptable.
"White nationalist" when he is Hispanic? Sorry, but you can't separate people by ethnicity when it suits you one way, or combine them when it suits you another.
"Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. The real extent of this state of misinformation is known only to those who are in situations to confront facts within their knowledge with the lies of the day."
--- Thomas Jefferson
As far as the Progressive McConnell's statement goes ("white supremacists or anti-Semitism"), where is his condemnation of black, hispanic and moslem supremacists? What of the antisemitism espoused by those groups? The way he puts it, the latter is completely acceptable.
(1)
(0)
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google