‘Absolutely disgraceful’: Anger as Paul Gosar shares anime clip showing him killing AOC

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A Republican congressman from Arizona shared a bizarre video on Twitter in which his face and those of several other far-right members of the House are edited into the opening credits of the Netflix anime Attack on Titan and depicted killing a giant monster with the face of Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

The reaction on Twitter was a mix of confusion and anger from Democrats, with some arguing that he should face repercussions in the House for his conduct.

Rep Paul Gosar’s account tweeted the 92-second-long video early on Sunday evening from his official congressional account, captioning the clip: “Any anime fans out there?” It was shared tens of thousands of times.

Any anime fans out there? pic.twitter.com/TxX4qiJhOi — Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS (@RepGosar) November 7, 2021

The clip depicts Mr Gosar as well as fellow right-wing lawmakers Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert battling a towering, naked “Titan” from the popular anime series as well as several jump cuts to footage of US Customs and Border Protection agents and large groups of migrants; Mr Gosar has within the last few days reiterated his desire to “end” immigration to the US entirely.

Ms Ocasio-Cortez is seen for a few seconds in the video, as her face is superimposed over the monster’s, before the three anime characters/members of Congress deliver a fatal strike to the back of the monster’s head. Blood is seen gushing from the attack.

President Joe Biden is also seen, whom the characters appear to be fighting as well.

The video’s style would be bizarre enough had it not been for the depiction of three Republican members of Congress murdering a Democrat. The Independent has reached out to Mr Gosar’s office for any further comment.

The congressman has issued no further analysis of the strange video beyond a compliment from his personal account, which read: “The creativity of my team is off the hook.”

Some Democratic commenters on Twitter called for Mr Gosar to face consequences for the tweet.

“He should be removed from committee assignments just as Marjorie Taylor Greene was,” tweeted Kaivan Shroff, a former digital staffer for the 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign. “Absolutely disgraceful.”

🚨NEW: Republican @RepGosar has shared a photoshopped animated video that depicts him killing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Absolutely disgraceful.

He should be removed from committee assignments just as Marjorie Taylor Greene was. — Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) November 8, 2021

“Happy Monday in America, where @GOPLeader [Kevin] McCarthy’s colleague just posted a video of himself swinging two swords at President Biden. These blood thirsty losers are more comfortable with violence than voting. Keep exposing them,” tweeted Rep Eric Swalwell, a Democrat and member of the House Intelligence Committee.

Happy Monday in America, where @GOPLeader McCarthy’s colleague just posted a video of himself swinging two swords at President Biden. These blood thirsty losers are more comfortable with violence than voting. Keep exposing them. https://t.co/nlmEW9EHB4 pic.twitter.com/5BI895zvLG — Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) November 8, 2021

Mr Gosar’s colleague, Ms Greene, was herself removed from her House committee assignments (where the majority of work takes place) earlier this year after a series of videos were uncovered of her espousing wild conspiracy theories about the 9/11 terrorist attacks, harassing survivors of a school shooting on the street, and crucially, expressing support for violence against Democrats in Congress including Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She has since apologised for some of her comments.

FattyMcButtface on November 9th, 2021 at 13:15 UTC »

“This cancel culture is out of control!”

him, shortly after any kind of repercussions

leuno on November 9th, 2021 at 13:13 UTC »

why can't these children just go home and get regular jobs and leave the governing to the grownups

Upwherewebelong on November 9th, 2021 at 11:40 UTC »

Is this supposed to be more “humor” from the GOP? Remember when they went after Kathy Griffin, is this somehow different?