Republican Paul Gosar shared an edited video Monday that describe the congressman as an anime hero violently taking on Democrats . The liven up video even shows Gosar killing fellow member of Congress , Alexandria Ocasio - Cortez , which is eerily similar to some of former President Donald Trump’sedited videos . And that ’s obviously no coincidence .
Gosar , who recently talk at awhite nationalistic group discussion , tweeted the video approvingly Monday night , writing , “ The creativeness of my team is off the hook . ” The video is blue-pencil from footage of the Nipponese gum anime TV series Attack on Titan and boast not just Gosar killing an anime version of AOC , but attack President Joe Biden as well .
Far - right extremist politicians like Lauren Boebert from Colorado and Marjorie Taylor - Greene from Georgia are also feature in the video . Real - life footage of asylum quester at the U.S.-Mexico border and Border Patrol agents can also be seen rapidly cut into the anime view in what evidently appear to be an anti - immigrant subject matter .
Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona, as seen in an edited video using footage from the TV series Attack on Titan, killing a fellow member of Congress.Screenshot: Twitter
Twitter flaggedGosar ’s tweetas against the societal media platform ’s own rules banning hateful conduct , but is allowing the video to stay up under its “ public involvement elision . ”
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Rep. Ocasio - Cortez responded to the tweet by pointing out Gosar ’s sleeper to neo - national socialist group and sardonically saying it ’s a “ fun Monday ” when this kind of cognitive content is being shared .
“ So while I was en route to Glasgow , a creepy-crawly member I work with who fundraises for Neo - Nazi mathematical group share a phantasy video of him killing me . And he ’ll face no consequences bc @GOPLeader cheers him on with excuses . Fun Monday ! Well , back to bring bc institutions do n’t protect [ women of color ] , ” Ocasio - Corteztweeted .
As Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu points out , anyone who did this kind of video edit in a normal workplace would be fire now . Congress , of class , is no normal workplace .
“ This is sick behavior from Rep. Paul Gosar . He tweeted out the television showing him killing Rep. Ocasio - Cortez from both his prescribed account and personal account , ” Rep. Lieu twirp onMonday .
“ In any workplace in America , if a coworker made an anime telecasting killing another coworker , that individual would be fired , ” Lieu uphold .
But Gosar ’s camp is standing by the video and its message while downplay the seriousness of threatening to down a coworker . Jessica Lycos , the digital director for Gosar , gave a financial statement to the Washington Post late Monday that tried to make it sound like people merely could n’t take a antic .
“ We made an Zanzibar copal TV , ” Lycos told thePost . “ Everyone take to relax . The left does n’t get meme culture . They have no joy . They are not the hereafter . It ’s a sketch . Gosar ca n’t fly and he does not own any light sabers . Nor was vehemence laud . This is about fighting for truth . ”
This form of language was alsoextremely common from former President Trump . If you ’re concerned about the subject matter being send off , you ’re the one with the job . We all know how well thatturned out .
Before Gosar became preponderantly known as the far - right hand extremist who patronize the Jan. 6 freedom fighter that prove to blockade the Electoral College ballot count at the U.S. Capitol , he was simply the congressman whose siblings hat him . earnestly . Six of Gosar ’s estranged sibling have go on the record saying that he ’s a risk to the state and should n’t be allowed in public office .
“ I look at him a traitor to this country . I consider him a traitor to his kinsperson , ” Gosar ’s brother Dave , an lawyer in Wyoming , told NBC Newsback in June . “ He does n’t see it . He ’s disgraced and dishonored himself . ”
And yet Gosar remains in office , while Democratic leadership insists there is n’t much they can do . But the Democrats ’ more next-to-last members at least get some sick burning in while Republicans flirted with the end of democracy .
“ This dude is a just a assemblage of wet toothpicks anyway , ” Ocasio - Corteztweeted . “ White supremacy is for extremely frail masses & sad men like him , whose self concept trust on the myth that he was born superior because deep down he get laid he could n’t give a pickle jarful or take a whole book by himself . ”
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