After U.S. Rep. Cory Mills helped kill a censure resolution against U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar , House Democrats won’t pursue a similar effort punishing the New Smyrna Beach Republican.

Mills was one of four Republicans to vote against censuring Omar, a Minnesota Democrat. U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace , a South Carolina Republican, filed a resolution ( HRes 713 ) that would have stripped Omar’s committee assignments over controversial statements on the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk . The resolution was tabled on a 214-213 vote.

Nearly every other Florida Republican voted against tabling the measure. U.S. Rep. John Rutherford of Jacksonville was absent for the vote. Mills issued a statement on social media saying he could not support a censure resolution

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