i paul go sart. i rise for myself and 60 colleagues to object to the counting of the electoral ballots from arizona. is the objection in writing and signed by a senator? yes, it is. it is. a standing ovation from republican lawmakers during a joint session of congress on january 6th for congressman paul gosar and ted cruz who were the first to issue formal challenges to the certification of joe biden s electoral college victory. this was an integral part of the coup attempted on january 6th. in the months since then, republicans have shown almost no appetite to hold the perpetrators of that plot accountable, except for one thing. right now at this very moment, congress is likely to pass a law
xi indicated some level of concerned about going forward with punishment because it could elevate the stature of one of these republican members, potentially help their fund-raising is, i m told, leery about continuing to go after what they consider outlandish behavior by republicans time and time again. but the reason why pelosi is in this position is because of the push by progressive democrats and because the house took unprecedented action earlier this year in punishing a member of the minority party. the first occurred with marjorie taylor greene, stripped of her assignments after past controversial remarks came to light. and also more recently stripping paul go sart, the republican from arizona after he tweeted the animated video showing him committing violence against alexandria ocasio-cortez and president biden. that led to a sewer sure and removed him from his committee