GOP Rep. Paul Gosar, of Arizona, is under fire after he shared an anti-immigrant anime video that shows him killing Democratic congressman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, prompting condemnation and calls for his expulsion from Congress and for Twitter to suspend his account.
The clip shared by the controversial representative appears to be a photoshopped version of the opening credits of the Japanese animated series “Attack on Titan.”
“Any anime fans out there?” Gosar wrote in the tweet with a link to the video.
The 90-second video opens with Gosar’s name under Japanese text, which reads “attack of immigrants” before it continues to show real clips of Gosar and Border Patrol agents spliced alongside scenes from the anime show’s opening credits.
It then shows a collage of migrants walking and wading through water, along with blood splatter effects on the screen. As the clip continues, Gosar can be seen darting across a city alongside House lawmakers Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).
Gosar then hovers around a giant with Ocasio-Cortez’s face photoshopped on before the anime character launches into the air and comes down, slicing the back of the giant’s neck, killing it.
The clip ends with Gosar running a rooftop with blades drawn, then jumping toward a giant with President Joe Biden’s face photoshopped onto it with the blades pointing at Biden.
The clip was quickly condemned by Twitter users.
GOP strategist Rick Wilson tweeted: “Paul Gosar needs help.”
“Radical Republicans are dangerous,” Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu tweeted in response.
Watch the clip and some of the reactions below:
Any anime fans out there? pic.twitter.com/TxX4qiJhOi
— Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS (@RepGosar) November 7, 2021
Paul Gosar needs help.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) November 8, 2021
Radical Republicans are dangerous. This behavior from Rep. Paul Gosar encouraging violence is unacceptable. He needs to be removed from congressional committees.
Haven’t we had enough political violence already? In any other workplace in America, he would have been fired. https://t.co/LE4UMVhBqr
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) November 8, 2021
Let’s get 5k retweets to make this trend. @RepGosar needs to be removed from Twitter immediately. #RemoveGosarJack
— TG (@TG22110) November 8, 2021
BREAKING: This is OUTRAGEOUS! Republican Paul Gosar tweeted an anime-themed video of him killing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Retweet if Gozar should be INVESTIGATED and EXPELLED! ✋
— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) November 8, 2021
Excellent question.
Also: Why are Paul Gosar, Mo Brooks, Andy Biggs, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Louie Gohmert, Matt Gaetz,Jim Jordan & others who incited an armed insurrection against U.S. gov't still walking around free in the House w/good paying jobs? https://t.co/vPIaQpLOlw— Charles Campisi (@1813Doncarlo) November 8, 2021
Dear @January6thCmte
If you were even REMOTELY serious about this investigation you would have subpoenaed @tedcruz @HawleyMO @RepMTG, @andybiggs4az @RepGosar and the rest of them.
GIVEN ALL THE EVIDENCE, WHY HASN'T THE JAN 6 COMMITTEE SUBPOENAED ONE SINGLE MEMBER OF CONGRESS?
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) November 8, 2021
.@RepGosar should be kicked out of Congress. Under know circumstances should his fantasies of killing people be swept away. We know he is a lunatic. America, we better vote in 2022 for Democrats or he will be in @gop leadership. https://t.co/ob0hjFg7Cq
— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) November 8, 2021
