By Stephanie Rollins Last updated Nov 22, 2021
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) shared her fears that the Republicans could take over “very authoritarian” power if they win the House of Representatives in 2022.
On Zoom, MP Ocasio-Cortez said she believed the House minority leader would remove Democrats from their committee roles in response to MP Paul Gosar (R-AZ) being criticized for sharing an anime video, that showed him killing the progressive.
She said: “Republican Leader McCarthy has made it very clear that he is alluding very much to retaliation for Republicans to take over a majority.
“And that could mean that in order to take revenge on the consequences for his white nationalist member, he also dismisses democrats from their committees.”
MP Ocasio-Cortez added: “So it is unfortunate, but in all honesty, Republicans have made it very, very clear in several statements that if they win a majority in the House, they intend to take over the House in a very authoritarian manner. “
The House of Representatives voted 223 to 207 votes, broadly in line with party lines, to reprimand Rep. Gosar. Sole Agents Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) joined the Democrats to vote for censorship.
After the vote, McCarthy, the leader of the minorities in the House of Representatives, proposed against progressive Democrats and raised concerns about possible steps to blame them after the midterm elections.
He also proposed that MPs Gosar and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) be reassigned to the committee duties they had lost.
MP Greene was removed from her committee in February for posting on social media prior to her election, including advocating violence against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former President Barack Obama.
Anime controversy
Meanwhile, Rep. Gosar, who has allied himself with white nationalists like Nick Fuentes, remains unrepentant, claiming the anime clip in which he killed Rep. Ocasio-Cortez with two swords was “nothing hateful”.
Following his conviction, Rep. Gosar retweeted the same video clip that he had deleted and which resulted in his being removed from his duties on the committee.
Newsweek has reached out to MP Ocasio-Cortez and House minority leader McCarthy for comments.
Several factors suggest that Republicans will do well in next year’s midterm elections.
The White House party often loses seats in elections and the Democrats are hampered by President Joe Biden’s poor approval ratings.
Republicans also recently got a big boost when they won the Virginia gubernatorial election, a race that was seen as a trailblazer for the mood before the midterm elections.
The US MP Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) pauses during a press conference in the US Capitol on July 15, 2019. AOC fears an “authoritarian takeover” by the GOP.
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