Republican Party candidate for governor of Virginia censored by state Senate for comments

Republican Party candidate for governor of Virginia censored by state Senate for comments

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The censorship vote went through 24-9 with bipartisan support.

Chase had spoken at the January 6 rally in Washington before the insurrection, but he did not march on Capitol Hill. She said she was returning home when the building was robbed.

In a speech after the episode, according to The Washington Post, Chase defended the role of then President Donald Trump in inciting the rebellion and said the violent crowd was not a group of “hooligans and looters”.

“These were patriots who loved their country and do not want to see our great republic transformed into a socialist country,” she said. “I was there with people. I know.”

Wednesday’s censorship vote is the latest in a series of controversies involving Chase. She drew the ballot when she openly carried a firearm on her hip during Senate sessions and when she got into a verbal altercation with a Virginia Capitol policeman over a parking space.

A statement by Republican members of the state Senate said they “were guided by their consciences” about the vote of censure, but were “united in their disappointment with Senator Chase and their disdain for their actions”.

“Senator Chase’s selfishness and the constant need for media attention, with which the Republican Senate Caucus is deeply familiar, led us to the situation the Senate finds itself in today,” the statement said.

“While we remain hopeful, today’s action discourages Senator Chase’s frequent interruptions and distractions, the experience of our caucus suggests otherwise. We sincerely hope that this is the exceptional circumstance in which Senator Chase exceeds our expectations.”

Chase, however, said in a tweet on Wednesday morning that censorship “is nothing more than a political attack”.

“The establishment elite is desperate to get me out of the race, but it will not succeed! This is nothing more than a failed attempt to tarnish my good name, reputation and solid conservative track record,” she said in an email to constituents more afternoon .

At least 150 people have been charged by federal prosecutors in connection with the January 6 uprising on Capitol Hill, according to a CNN review of court records and Justice Department announcements, and a prosecutor said the sedition charges are not out of question.

Many of the defendants that CNN identified were accused of entering a restricted building without legal authority and of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol Hill. The most serious charges range from theft of government property, conspiracy and interstate threats to assaulting law enforcement officials.

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