Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Responds After 'Creepy' Republican Colleague Tweets Anime Clip of Him Attacking Her

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (left), Paul Gosar.Photo: Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/Shutterstock; Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/ Getty

In a series of tweets, 32-year-old Ocasio-Cortez said that Arizona Rep. Gosar, 62, posted “a fantasy video of him killing me” while she was traveling to Glasgow, Scotland, calling the Republican “a creepy member I work with who fundraises for Neo-Nazi groups.”

(That was in apparent reference to an eventGosar hostedwith a white nationalist.)

Ocasio-Cortez, a favorite target of Republicans because of her progressive politics, went on to contend that Gosar will “face no consequences bc [Republican leader Kevin McCarthy] cheers him on with excuses. Fun Monday! Well, back to work bc institutions don’t protect [women of color.]”

Gosar’s video blends footage taken from the popular anime seriesAttack on Titanalong with oblique criticism of immigration. In the clip, he is depicted as one of the characters seen attacking monsters who have been turned into Biden and Ocasio-Cortez.

“Remember when Yoho accosted me on the the Capitol and called me a f—ing b—,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote in another tweet. “Remember when Greene ran after me a few months ago screaming and reaching … Remember when she stalked my office the 1st time w/ insurrectionists & ppl locked inside …All at my job … & nothing ever happens.”

Twitter has sinceflagged Gosar’s videoas violating its “hateful conduct” policy, though the site has kept the tweet up, saying in a notice it may be in the “public interest.”

The post — captioned “Any anime fans out there?” — appears on both Gosar’s personal and professional Twitter feeds.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty

Gosar has made controversy a key part of his reputation. Even some of his own siblings have banded together against him to urge voters not to re-elect him and to push back on him for his role in spreading evidence-free claims about the 2020 election.

In a blistering2018 campaign adfor his then-opponent, six of Gosar’s brothers and sisters lambasted him for his work as a politician, saying he was “absolutely not working for his district.”

Gosar has served as a member of the House of Representatives since 2011 and won re-election in November with nearly 70 percent of the vote in his district, according toThe New York Times.

source: people.com