Cori Bush calls Paul Gosar a 'white supremacist clown' after he posted an anime edit on Twitter that depicts him killing AOC
- Rep. Cori Bush responded to a violent anime video edit posted by Rep. Paul Gosar.
- Multiple House Democrats tweeted out condemnations of Gosar and the anime video edit.
After Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., tweeted an "Attack on Titan" anime edit that depicted him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., several members of Congress called for his expulsion, including Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., who called Gosar a "white supremacist clown."
"Every day these white supremacists push the limits further and further to see how far they can go without consequences. This puts lives in danger. Enough with the violent bigotry. Expel this white supremacist clown," Bush tweeted.
While Gosar's original tweet is still up, Twitter has placed a warning banner over the content that users must manually click on in order to view the content. The app said that the tweet violated its rules regarding "hateful conduct," but determined that it is in the public's interest for the tweet to remain online.
Multiple other House Democrats - Reps. Ted Lieu, Ilhan Omar, Eric Swalwell, and Jamie Raskin - tweeted out condemnations of Gosar.
Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that she learned about the anime video edit while traveling to a United Nations climate summit, COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland. She added that she does not anticipate Gosar will face consequences for sharing the video and reflected on other times she has felt threatened while serving as a US Representative.
"Fun Monday! Well, back to work bc institutions don't protect [women of color]," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.
Insider has reached out to Gosar, Bush, and Ocasio-Cortez for comment.