Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers got taken to task Tuesday over comments she made at a white nationalist conference and on social media calling for her political opponents to be hanged.
The state senate voted 24-3 to censure Rogers, a Republican, for “threatening remarks made both oral and written,” the body announced.
“Those statements include publicly issuing and promoting social media and video messages encouraging violence against and the punishment of American citizens, as well as vowing political destruction of those who disagree with her views,” the state senate said.
The vote marked the first time in 30 years that the legislative body publicly censured one of their own, according to The Arizona Republic.
It came after Rogers, 67, gave a speech to the white nationalist America First Political Action Conference in Florida over the weekend calling for public hangings.
Rogers is the first Arizona state senator to be censured in 30 years. AP Photo/Jonathan J. Cooper
Rogers said we need to “build more gallows” and called for public hangings at the white nationalist America First Political Action Conference. Thomas McKinless/CQ Roll Call
Rogers said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky obeys “satanic masters” and is a “globalist puppet.” Presidency of Ukraine / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images“I’ve said we need to build more gallows. If we try some of these high-level criminals, convict them and use a newly built set of gallows, it’ll make an example of these traitors who have betrayed our country,” she said.
She also took aim at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Twitter, accusing him of reporting to “Satanic masters” and calling him a “globalist puppet” for Democratic political donor George Soros and the Clintons.
“The West is trying to deplatform and debank Russia. This is just as wrong as invading Ukraine,” Rogers wrote in one missive.
“I stand with the Christians worldwide not the global bankers who are shoving godlessness and degeneracy in our face,” another tweet read.
Rogers, who was elected to represent Arizona Legislative District 6 in November 2020, lashed out in the face of the censure, writing on the Telegram app on Monday that she would “not apologize for being white. Hit me all you want,” according to the Republic.
“Freedom of speech is one of the most precious rights we have under heaven, and this censure is nothing more than an attempt to limit my speech.” she wrote on Twitter after the vote.






