First-term Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) is leading a resolution to censure Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) over her controversial comments and actions, with the most recent being the Georgia Repub…
  • morrowind@lemmy.mlEnglish
    16·
    11 months ago

    It seems censuring doesn’t actually do anything

    A vote to censure another member of Congress does not hold any other power beyond a public condemning of that member’s behavior. It does not expel a member from Congress or deny the rights or privileges of that member within Congress.

    The Senate website says a censure can have a “powerful psychological effect” on the member and can subsequently threaten the relationships they have with their colleagues. The House website notes that a censure makes the House’s “deep disapproval” of a member publicly known but does not warrant an expulsion.

    Yeah, I don’t think it’s going to have much “psychological effect” on her. Should just vote to expel her.

    • hoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      Yeah if she is able to do the morally reprehensible things she’s done in the past already, this will do specifically nothing.

      If morals won’t hold her, an authorative side glance will do jack shit.