Motion To Censure Waters Fails In Party Line Vote

April 20, 2021 Hypocrisy, Republicans

GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy introduced a privileged resolution on the House floor Tuesday to censure Rep. Maxine Waters for her controversial comments to Minnesota protesters over the weekend urging them to “get more confrontational” if ex-Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin is not found guilty of the death George Floyd. But Democrats moved quickly to table the resolution in a 216 to 210 party-line vote and avoided taking a vote directly on whether to formally reprimand the longtime California congresswoman.

Motion to censure Rep. Maxine Waters is killed with a party-line 216-210 vote

— Zak Hudak (@cbszak) April 20, 2021

210 House Republicans voted to censure Maxine Waters

11 House Republicans voted to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of committee assignments

White supremacy is a hell of a drug

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) April 20, 2021