The system is broken

Paul Gosar and Kevin McCarthy (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images

The system is broken. 

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., rallied his caucus to near-unanimously oppose a censure vote against  Rep. Paul Gosar for his anime-style video depicting the Arizona Republican killing his colleague, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, R-N.Y.

On Monday, McCarthy claimed that he called Gosar and was reassured that the violent film was not a direct threat or meant to incite violence, but rather to connect with young supporters. "I called him when I heard about the video, and he made a statement that he doesn't support violence, and he took the video down," McCarthy told CNN, his first comments since the video's release last week. "He took the video down and he made a statement that he doesn't support violence to anybody. Nobody should have violence [against them]."

McCarthy, of course, stopped short of condemning Gosar's conduct. On Wednesday, he led his GOP caucus in a vigorous defense of Gosar on the House floor against a Democratic resolution to censure Gosar over the video.

Orwell's Politics and the English Language is apropos is it not?

Addendum, Gosar reposted the video.