Representative Paul Gosar’s tweet of an anime video in which the Arizona Republican is shown killing fellow member Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and swinging swords at President Joe Biden has triggered waves of outrage in Washington and calls from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to investigate the legislator’s conduct. In a statement Tuesday, Pelosi, a California Democrat, condemned Gosar, saying, “Threats of violence against Members of Congress and the President of the United States must not be tolerated.” Pelosi also called on Kevin McCarthy, the GOP leader in the House of Representatives, to condemn the “horrific video” publicly and call on the House Ethics Committee, as well as law enforcement, to investigate. A spokeswoman for McCarthy did not immediately return a request for comment. Tuesday, Nov 9, 2021 · 6:47:19 PM +00:00 · Brandi Buchman Rep. Ayanna Pressley, a Massachusetts Democrat, also called for action to be taken against Gosar on Tuesday.  “Heinous attacks like these leveled at my sister, @AOC, perpetuate and normalize violence against women—a reality far too common for [women of color,]” Pressley wrote. “Speaker Pelosi, this white supremacist must be expelled immediately.” Gosar has been in this hot seat before. He has consistently used his pulpit as an elected official to spread bunk theories about the 2020 election as well as conspiracies about the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. In February, Gosar attended—as a keynote speaker—a right wing fundraiser where Nick Fuentes, identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a white nationalist, also spoke. Fuentes, at the event, lamented the loss of America’s “white demographic core.” Gosar later distanced himself from the comments when appearing at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Gosar called Fuentes’ remarks “inappropriate.” Several lawmakers representing the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, also called for an ethics investigation into Gosar. In a statement Tuesday from committee members Debbie Dingell of Michigan, Joe Neguse of Colorado, Ted Lieu of California and Matt Cartwright of Pennsylvania, the legislators said: “In any other job in America if a coworker made a video killing another coworker, that person would be fired.”  ”Mr. McCarthy needs to decide whether he will finally stand with the American people on the side of law and order or he will continue to support violence and chaos,” the Democrats said.  Read more