‘Enraged’ GOP Reps. Expose ‘Backroom Deal’ That Saved Infamous Democrat From Censure
Published 7 hours ago
on November 19, 2025
By jake
House Republicans were fuming Tuesday after their bid to censure Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) collapsed, with several members accusing GOP leaders of cutting a quiet deal with Democrats to shield Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) from facing the same punishment.
Republicans initially held the line and blocked a move to table the censure against Plaskett. But hours later, the effort fell apart, as three GOP lawmakers voted against it, three voted “present,” and four skipped the vote altogether.
Democrats were ready to hit back if the Plaskett measure passed. Their plan was to force a mirror censure vote on Mills, who has faced allegations of stolen valor, financial misconduct, and domestic abuse. He denies all the accusations.
“The Plaskett censure failed because [H]ouse leadership exchanged the vote to protect a [R]epublican that’s having a lot of issues and should NOT seek re-election,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) said after the defeat.
The showdown echoed a failed GOP attempt in September to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) over her comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Democrats threatened a retaliatory strike against Mills then, too, and enough Republicans peeled off to sink the Omar vote.
“Another backroom deal so Cory Mills can’t get censored for Stolen Valor. I have the General who ‘recommended’ him for the Bronze Star on record saying he never wrote it, never read it and never personally signed it. This. Is. Washington,” Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) said.
“Tonight, a handful of Republicans took a dive on a vote to strip Stacy Plaskett of her position on House intel because of her ties to Epstein. They did it to protect a Republican facing his own ethics issues from a similar vote,” added Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL). “This backroom deal sh— is swampy, wrong and always deserves to be called out.”
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