Rep. Paul Gosar recently tweeted a vile video in which he, depicted as an anime character, killed fellow House member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacked President Biden.

That’s right: a sitting member of Congress unabashedly -- even proudly -- threatened the life of his colleague. And just days later, he posted another tweet defending his video and mocking those who were horrified by his actions.

In any workplace in this country, terrorizing a colleague like this would immediately cost the perpetrator their job. And Gosar's actions fall into a long and shameful history of inciting violence -- particularly against women of color -- to shut people out of leadership positions and public life.

We need to push back against the normalization of political violence and threats -- and recognize them as the extreme dangers to our democratic institutions and ideals that they are.

We’ve already seen how incendiary social media posts like Gosar’s can spur real-world violence. In fact, Gosar was one of the House Republicans who used social media to spread Donald Trump’s Big Lie -- the conspiracy theory that incited a deadly attack at our Capitol. And new reports allege that he even joined planning calls with January 6th organizers and suggested he could get them a blanket pardon from Trump.

Gosar clearly has no remorse and no appreciation for how his words can lead to harm. Every moment that he remains in Congress, he is a threat to his fellow members of Congress.

That’s why Common Cause is demanding Gosar’s immediate expulsion. We also support the House's decision to censure Gosar and strip him of his committee assignments -- as well as efforts to open Secret Service and congressional investigations into his actions. [1]

If you agree that Rep. Paul Gosar must be expelled from Congress following his threatening and violent tweet, add your name today to join the nationwide outcry.