Representative Paul Gosar is censored for publishing an animation in which he 'murdered' Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The House of Representatives voted Wednesday in favor of censuring Republican Congressman Paul Gosar, from Arizona, after he published an animation in which he simulated killing Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, for New York, and attacking the president, Joe Biden.

The House vote was

, with only two Republicans supporting censorship: Representatives Adam Kinzinger, of Illinois, and Liz Cheney, of Wyoming.

Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Arizona, leaves his office as the House of Representatives prepares to vote on a resolution to formally reprimand him for tweeting an animated video showing him hitting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. J.

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The resolution also removes Gosar from two House committees in which he serves, Supervision and Reform and Natural Resources.

"It is completely unacceptable that the suggestion to kill a colleague is glorified in this way

," Cheney told a group of reporters on Wednesday.

"And I think it's a clear violation of House rules. This is a sad day," he added.

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With the approval of the censorship, Gosar will have to be in the so-called "well" of the room, a place at a lower level in front of the speakers, while the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, reads the resolution.

Except for the expulsion measure, censorship is considered one of the harshest punishments for a member of the House. 

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