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Dan Goldman Pushes Censure Against Elise Stefanik For Calling Jan. 6 Prisoners 'Hostages'

WASHINGTON ― Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) plans to introduce a censure resolution against the No. 3 Republican in the House over her support for rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) earlier this month referred to imprisoned rioters as “hostages,” as though they’d been unlawfully kidnapped. More than 1,200 people were arrested for violating federal law that day, with the charges typically based on video evidence.

“January 6th was the gravest attack on American democracy since the Civil War and Congresswoman Stefanik’s persistent and continued support for the perpetrators of an insurrection is contemptuous,” Goldman said Wednesday in a press release.

“In putting her personal ambitions over her integrity, Congresswoman Stefanik has been Donald Trump’s biggest congressional cheerleader, even though our mutual home state of New York overwhelmingly opposes him,” he continued.

Goldman told reporters that he did not plan to file the censure resolution as “privileged,” meaning he would not force the House to take a vote. But he said he would consider doing so if Republicans didn’t condemn Stefanik’s remarks.

Censure is a formal reprimand that merely expresses the mood of the House. It has no practical consequences except that votes take up time.

Former President Donald Trump has openly embraced the Jan. 6 rioters, describing them as “hostages” and falsely claiming they’ve gotten a raw deal from the criminal justice system. In reality, many Jan. 6 defendants facing assault charges have gotten lighter sentences than people convicted of assault nationwide, according to a recent Washington Post report.

Asked about Trump’s comments during a Jan. 7 interview on “Meet the Press,” Stefanik

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