When former President Trump was accused of inciting supporters to participate in the January 6 congressional shock event and impeached by Congress, Ohio Republican U.S. Rep. Gonzalez (Anthony Gonzalez) voted for impeachment. The Ohio Republican Party voted to sanction Gonzalez, who has served two terms in Congress, on the evening of the 7th.
In a separate resolution, the Ohio Republican Party Committee also voted to ask Gonzalez to resign from the House.
Ohio Republican Party Chairman Bob Paduchik said Gonzalez was not sanctioned for voting to impeach Trump, but for supporting “an unconstitutional, politically motivated and insubstantial process.
The statement issued by Barduczyk via email stated that Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike have the right to vote on their own, and “our committee also has the right to stand up for its principles and beliefs”.
The 10 Republican congressmen who voted for Trump’s impeachment, including Gonzalez, were almost all politically liquidated in their respective local party offices. The same Republican North Carolina U.S. Senator Richard Burr and Louisiana U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, who also voted for Trump’s impeachment, were each punished in their local party offices.
The House voted on January 13 to impeach Trump for incitement of insurrection, but the impeachment failed to pass the Senate.
Josh Mandel, the former treasurer of Russia, denounced Gonzalez as a “traitor” and wrote in a tweet that Gonzalez should be “plucked from the Republican Party”.
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