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The Arizona Republic reports:
State Sen. Wendy Rogers, R-Flagstaff, faceda censure vote Tuesday in the Senate by Democrats and her Republican peers for statements at a conference for white nationalists that supported violence.
Rogers’ speech to the white nationalist group, calling for public hangings, and her comments on social media over the weekend attacking the president of Ukraine amid the violent invasion of his country prompted discussions among her peers about what, if any, disciplinary action to take.
“So today is the day where we find out if the Communists in the GOP throw the sweet grandma under the bus for being white,” she wrote early Tuesday on her Telegram channel. Telegram is a messaging app favored by conservatives.
NOW Sen. Wendy Rogers sitting ramrod straight as @RaquelTeran says she should be expelled from Senate. Rogers right now only ‘no’ vote of 23 cast so far. It’s a bipartisan censure pic.twitter.com/XDIeAPIIUf
— Brahm Resnik (@brahmresnik) March 1, 2022
FINAL vote on @WendyRogersAZ censure by the AZ Senate.
24-3 with 3 not voting. Steele is not there on a personal matter.
Rogers has been censured. pic.twitter.com/l4Pn5Idnlv
— The AZ – abc15 – Data Guru (@Garrett_Archer) March 1, 2022
NOW Sen. Wendy Rogers first to speak in roll call vote: “I do not apologize. I will not back down.” Votes no on censure. pic.twitter.com/UktojnWwWr
— Brahm Resnik (@brahmresnik) March 1, 2022
For those not watching the censure vote, Wendy Rogers was shaking while speaking. Could be a mix of adrenaline and anger…
— Dillon Rosenblatt (@DillonReedRose) March 1, 2022
#BREAKING: The Arizona State Senate has voted to censure Wendy Rogers in response to multiple recent comments made that called for violence. https://t.co/JRcAySfYHz pic.twitter.com/5wQPtGiMxr
— ABC15 Arizona (@abc15) March 1, 2022
NEW Sen. Wendy Rogers posts on Telegram her takeaway from censure: “We don’t like your mean tweets.” pic.twitter.com/Fg4wIxcsKd
— Brahm Resnik (@brahmresnik) March 1, 2022
It’s not sweet grandmother, it is “sweet grandma”. Quote me correctly. https://t.co/UcZvsF6O4C
— Wendy Rogers (@WendyRogersAZ) March 1, 2022
Summary of the censure “we don’t like your mean tweets.”
— Wendy Rogers (@WendyRogersAZ) March 1, 2022
/2 censuring them. I do not apologize, I will not back down and I am sorely disappointed in the leadership of this body for colluding with the Democrats to attempt to destroy my reputation. In the end, I rejoice in knowing I do and say what is right and I speak as a free
— Wendy Rogers (@WendyRogersAZ) March 1, 2022