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A Republican congressman tweeted a digitally edited anime-style video that shows him slashing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and lunging with two swords at President Biden.

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) was slammed for posting the strange video and flagged by Twitter for violating the social media platform’s rules about hateful conduct.

However, the video is still visible with a message saying Twitter “determined that it may be in the public’s interest for the Tweet to remain accessible.”

The video shared Sunday is a take on “Attack on Titan,” created by Hajime Isayama, according to The Hill.

“Any anime fans out there?” Gosar wrote in the post accompanying the 92-second video, which also splices in footage of migrants at the border.

In one scene, Gosar’s face is pasted to an animated figure that jumps in the air and stabs a larger character with AOC’s face. Later, the Gosar character jumps at a giant Biden with two swords ready to strike.


  Twitter flagged the video posted by Rep. Paul Gosar for violating its hateful content policy, but ultimately let the post remain. CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imag Twitter flagged the video posted by Rep. Paul Gosar for violating its hateful content policy, but ultimately let the post remain. CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imag

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) called the post “sick behavior.”

“He tweeted out the video showing him killing Rep. Ocasio-Cortez from both his official account and personal account,” Lieu posted on Twitter Monday.

“In any workplace in America, if a coworker made an anime video killing another coworker, that person would be fired.”


  A still image from the anime video Rep. Paul Gosar posted on Twitter. Twitter A still image from the anime video Rep. Paul Gosar posted on Twitter. Twitter

  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Paul Gosar’s video. Twitter Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Paul Gosar’s video. Twitter

Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) blasted the video in a series of tweets from Scotland, where she had just arrived to attend the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference.

“So while I was en route to Glasgow, a creepy member I work with who fundraises for Neo-Nazi groups shared a fantasy video of him killing me,” AOC said.

“And he’ll face no consequences bc @GOPLeader cheers him on with excuses,” she said. “Fun Monday! Well, back to work bc institutions don’t protect woc [women of color].”


  President Biden in Paul Gosar’s video. Twitter President Biden in Paul Gosar’s video. Twitter

  Another image from the flagged video. Twitter Another image from the flagged video. Twitter
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