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The central committee of the Ohio Republican Party voted Friday to censure Republican Rep. Anthony Gonzalez and called on him to resign over his vote for impeaching the former president.
Gonzalez, R-Ohio, was one of 10 House Republicans to vote to impeach then-President Trump the latest congressional member who voted to impeach or convict the former president to be censured at home. This resolution addresses an unconstitutional, politically motivated process that served no purpose, Ohio Republican Party Chairman Bob Paduchik said in a statement. Republicans and Democratic members alike have the right to vote in any way they so choose. This committee also has a right to stand on principle and conviction.
May 7, 2021 3:48 p.m.
The Ohio Republican Party’s leaders both censured and called on Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH) to resign on Friday for his impeachment vote against former President Donald Trump for inciting an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol earlier this year.
The vote is the latest development in an effort to punish GOP lawmakers who have critiqued the former president’s efforts to spread falsehoods in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Those lies culminated in a violent breach of the Capitol complex perpetrated by a mob of his supporters.
The resolution censures Gonzalez and nine of his GOP colleagues for their impeachment votes which it said supported “the unconstitutional, politically motivated impeachment proceeding against President Donald J. Trump.”
Ohio Republican Party Censures, Calls for Resignation of Rep. Anthony Gonzalez
The Ohio Republican Party censured and called for the resignation of Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R-Ohio) for his vote to impeach former President Donald Trump earlier this year.
On Friday, the state GOP’s governing board called on Gonzalez to resign after a divided vote. They also voted to censure him and nine other Republicans who impeached Trump and lent “their votes to support the unconstitutional, politically motivated impeachment proceeding against” him, according to the resolution.
Gonzalez “resorted to emotional conclusions that misplaced blame on President Trump, the President of Law and Order and America First,” their resolution read. “We believe that Congressman Gonzalez knowingly and willfully violated his oath of office.”
Cincinnati Enquirer
COLUMBUS – The Ohio Republican Party s leaders have called on Rep. Anthony Gonzalez to resign for voting to impeach former President Donald Trump, a stunning rebuke of one of their own.
On Friday, the party s governing board called on Gonzalez, R-Rocky River, to resign in a divided vote. They also voted to censure Gonzalez and nine other members of Congress for their votes to support the unconstitutional, politically motivated impeachment proceeding against President Donald J. Trump, according to the resolution.
Gonzalez was one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, which left five people dead. He is the third to be censured for the vote by his state party, following Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney and South Carolina Rep. Tom Rice.
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Northeast Ohio Rep. Anthony Gonzalez faces a difficult year ahead after joining nine other Republicans in voting to impeach former President Donald Trump.
Republican groups in the district have rebuked him over that vote, and a former White House aide is challenging Gonzalez in next year’s primary, with Trump’s blessing.
Although the election is a year away – and new district lines aren’t drawn yet – the race could be a test of Trump’s hold on the Republican Party in Ohio.
Gonzalez was not one of the Republicans who challenged President Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory Jan. 6. A week after pro-Trump mobs stormed the U.S. Capitol Building, Gonzalez accused Trump of inciting them and voted to impeach.