Louie Gohmert joins three other Texas Republicans in vote against House resolution condemning QAnon

WASHINGTON — Four Texas Republicans in the U.S. House were on the losing end of a lopsided and bipartisan vote on Friday that approved a measure condemning the QAnon conspiracy theory movement.

The resolution, titled "Condemning QAnon and rejecting the conspiracy theories it promotes," passed 371 to 18. Among the 18 dissenters were Republican U.S. Reps. Jodey Arrington of Lubbock, Brian Babin of Woodville, Michael Burgess of Lewsiville and Bill Flores of Bryan.

Four other Texas Republican representatives did not cast votes: U.S. Reps. Michael Cloud of Victoria, Louie Gohmert of Tyler, Kenny Marchant of Coppell and Ron Wright of Arlington. (Wright is currently being treated for cancer.) The 27 other Texans serving in the U.S. House, including all 13 Texas Democrats, voted to condemn QAnon.

The FBI has identified the movement as a domestic terrorism threat. BuzzFeed reported earlier this week that followers of QAnon targeted the resolution's author, New Jersey Democratic U.S. Rep. Tom Malinowski, with death threats. Malinowski's resolution condemned and rejected the conspiracy theories the movement promotes and included a list of crimes in which the perpetrators cited QAnon as a guiding inspiration. The resolution additionally pointed to FBI and U.S. military warnings about the movement's potential to foment political tension and radicalization.

https://news.yahoo.com/louie-gohmert-joins-three-other-162033934.html

Twatter says it will remove posts wishing or hoping for Trump's death

On Friday, Vice reported Twitter would suspend any accounts that wished or hoped for the death of President Donald Trump after he revealed he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-19.

After the article was published, Twitter posted a statement that "tweets that wish or hope for death, serious bodily harm or fatal disease against anyone are not allowed and will need to be removed." The company said such tweets would not necessarily lead to an automatic suspension.

According to Twitter's rules on abusive behavior, users will be asked to remove content and have their account placed in a read-only mode, with additional violations possibly leading to suspension.

The tweet drew swift backlash from users, including lawmakers, many of whom say they received threats on the platform without any repercussions.

"So… you mean to tell us you could‘ve done this the whole time?" said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in response.

"Seriously though, this is messed up," said Rep. Rashida Tlaib. "The death threats towards us should have been taking more seriously."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/twitter-says-it-will-remove-posts-wishing-or-hoping-for-trump-s-death/ar-BB19ISE0