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Arizona State Senate censures lawmaker who threatened rivals with violence

State Sen. Wendy Rogers, a Republican, spoke at a conference organized by a far-right group and later used antisemitic tropes to describe Ukraine's leader.
Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers was censured Tuesday by her colleagues in a bipartisan vote.

The Arizona State Senate, in a bipartisan vote, has censured a Republican lawmaker for calling for violence against her political opponents, saying state Sen. Wendy Rogers "has damaged the reputation of the Arizona State Senate by her actions."

The move comes days after Rogers spoke at. She antisemitic tropes to describe Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whose nation is being invaded by Russian troops.

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