House expected to vote Wednesday on a resolution to censure Rep. Gosar for posting an animated video that depicts him killing Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Biden, a source tells NBCNews.
Gosar shared an edited video on his official social media channels last week in which he and other Republican lawmakers are depicted as heroes from the Japanese anime series"Attack on Titan." The faces of Ocasio-Cortez and Biden were superimposed on the show's villains. Twitter later added a warning label to Gosar's tweet, which was eventually removed. The video was also removed from his Instagram account.
"It is a symbolic cartoon. It is not real life. Congressman Gosar cannot fly. The hero of the cartoon goes after the monster, the policy monster of open borders. I will always fight to defend the rule of law, securing our borders, and the America First agenda," he said. Gosar did not respond to questions from NBC News on Tuesday after leaving a GOP conference meeting at the Capitol.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who was also criticized for his initial silence on the matter,Ocasio-Cortez, when asked by reporters about the potential censure vote, criticized Gosar on Tuesday for doubling down on the video.Dartunorro Clark covers politics, including the Covid-19 recovery, for NBC News.
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