White House decries Republican over video depicting violence against AOC

Paul Gosar condemned for Twitter video that showed him striking congresswoman with sword and appearing to threaten Joe Biden

The White House on Tuesday condemned the Republican congressman Paul Gosar for tweeting a video which depicted him striking the New York Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with a sword and appearing to threaten Joe Biden.

There is no place for any type of violence or that type of language in the political system," the principal deputy White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, told reporters at a daily briefing. It should not be happening, and we should be condemning it."