Consequences

 There is understandable frustration with the pace of the January 6th investigation and other investigations surrounding Trump. I think the House 1/6 Committee should plan on having a final report and set of indictments ready for the day after the midterm election. I really don't think you want to indict prominent Republicans before the midterms, because you will fire up the Deplorables who think when the rule of law is applied to them it's socialist, Maoist, communist, Stalinism. Indicting Ambulatory Hamsack Steve Bannon, though? Who cares, do it!

However, the recent video shared by Rep Paul Gosar should probably elicit an immediate and forceful response. To spare you from watching it, it shows Sentient Beef Jerky Stick Gosar as an anime character attacking Democrats, including killing AOC and attacking Joe Biden with swords. I "get" that the Republican Party is not so much a vehicle for a coherent political ideology and more an elaborate nesting doll of online trolling. "Owning the libs" is pretty much all they want or know how to do. I personally thinking Joe Biden should start wearing a "Brandon" button to troll them right back for "Let's Go Brandon."

What Gosar has done is explicitly depict himself engaged of acts of targeted violence towards fellow members of Congress and the President of the United States. Censure isn't really enough. The House should vote to expel him. If possible, line up a few of the sane Republicans like Cheney and Kinzinger to vote to remove him.

Gosar is a horrific human being whose own family hates him. Of course, most Republicans will rally around him, but I really thing a winning strategy for 2022 and 2024 is constantly and forcefully remind voters that the GOP has become an authoritarian cult of personality that is perfectly fine with political violence to advance their aims. 

Force the House GOP to defend Gosar.