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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,183 posts)
Wed Apr 12, 2023, 08:25 PM Apr 2023

Arizona Republican Ousted by Her Own Party Casts a Warning to GOP

The GOP-led Arizona state House voted to expel a Republican lawmaker Wednesday for violating the chamber's ethics rules.

Liz Harris, who represented Arizona's 13th District, faced backlash in February after inviting a conspiracy theorist to a joint committee hearing involving members of the Senate Elections and House Municipal Oversight and Elections panels. The witness, Jacqueline Breger, baselessly claimed before the committees that state public officials, including Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs, were taking bribes from drug cartels.

Prior to Wednesday's vote, the Arizona House Ethics Committee released a report that it found Harris had violated Rule 1, which states that members of the House "may punish its members for disorderly behavior," including expulsion with a two-thirds majority.

Harris was expelled by a 46-13 vote. All 28 Democratic members voted in favor of the motion and were joined by 18 of 31 Republican colleagues.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/arizona-republican-ousted-by-her-own-party-casts-a-warning-to-gop/ar-AA19MSzn

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Arizona Republican Ousted by Her Own Party Casts a Warning to GOP (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2023 OP
Damn! 18 Repugs voted against their own member! dickthegrouch Apr 2023 #1
And this is the appropriate path to expulsion Arazi Apr 2023 #2

Arazi

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2. And this is the appropriate path to expulsion
Wed Apr 12, 2023, 08:47 PM
Apr 2023

Censure, ethics committee vote, then a full house vote.

Certainly very different than the TN representatives.

Dem or Republican, follow *some* procedural order

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