GOP Rep. Gosar "jokingly" calls for assassination of Biden and AOC
Democrats have already moved on to other issues. Will our party EVER figure out how to message, especially when handed a gift like this?
Far-right Republican US House member Paul Gosar (R-AZ) shared on Twitter and Instagram an anime video of himself attempting to assassinating President Biden, and violently murdering Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Twitter, while placing the video behind a warning, has to date refused to remove it, or suspend Gosar’s account, even for just a few hours. Mind you, Gosar used his congressional Twitter account, AND HIS PERSONAL ONE, to share the video. While Twitter could argue, I think incorrectly, that his official account should be permitted to promote multiple assassinations, surely his personal account should have no such protections.
You can watch the video on Twitter below, and below that are screen shots of it. Then we’re gonna have a little chat about this…
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