Extremist Representative Paul Goser (R-Arizona) on Tuesday removed a disturbing and offensive tweet that falsely claimed that the gunman who killed more than 20 people at a Texas school was a “transsexual left-wing illegal alien” .
The MLA wrote a message in response to a Twitter user who thought If the shooter was a member of the far-right, “kind of garbage” Reps. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-Ga.) and Goser “travel to talk?” Before you delete your tweet
The tweet was deleted about two hours after it was published.
Hours earlier, a shooter killed at least 19 children and two teachers at Uvalde’s Rob Elementary School.
Texas State Police has identified the gunman as Salvador Ramos, an 18-year-old male. According to Greg Abbott (R) of Texas Gov., he was executed by responding officers.
Goser, an anti-immigration fanatic who regularly cohabited with white nationalists, was apparently promoting a False claim running on right wing network, Users shared images of a trans person unrelated to the attack, claiming they were the shooter.
The lawmaker was stripped of his committee functions last year after posting an anime video of the assassination of MP Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D.N.Y.) and threatening President Joe Biden. Only two Republicans voted with Democrats on the measure.
This did little to deter him from continuing his increasingly radical behavior. In February, he spoke at the white nationalist America First Political Action Conference, prompting renewed calls for his expulsion from Congress.
However, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (California) said Goser would be able to regain control of his committee if Republicans win control in the November midterm election.
Gosar’s own family members have demanded his expulsion. His brother, Tim Goser, said last year that he was “dangerous, unstable and reckless.”
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