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The Virginia Senate voted Wednesday to censure state Sen. Amanda Chase, a Republican who is a candidate for governor, following her comments earlier this month referring to the rioters who stormed the US Capitol as "patriots."
General Assembly committee votes to censure Sen. Amanda Chase Sen. Amanda Chase (Source: Amanda Chase - Facebook) By Joe Dashiell | January 19, 2021 at 10:06 PM EST - Updated January 19 at 10:06 PM
RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ) - A committee in the Virginia Senate has voted to censure Sen. Amanda Chase (R-Chesterfield).
A Republican candidate for Governor, Chase spoke at a rally in Washington DC on January 6th before the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
“I believe as elected officials and Virginia state senators, our words matter,” said Sen. John Bell (D-Loudon) as he explained why he believed the senate should sanction Chase. “And we must be held responsible if we spread falsehoods that incite violence and promote sedition.”
What we saw on display in Washington, DC yesterday, January 6
th, was fascism, plain and simple. And
if thereâs one thing we know about fascism from world history, itâs that it cannot be tolerated and must be met with a strong, definitive response. Those who participated in, facilitated, or otherwise supported such fanatical violence aimed at overturning our constitution and our democracy
must be held accountable for their actions. To let such actions go unanswered is only to let this cancer to our democracy fester and grow.
Our nation is rightfully having this conversation at the national level, for instance with elected officials discussing exercising Section 4 of the 25