Death Threats, Tweets Jolt GOP Infrastructure Supporters
We ran the numbers: There are 2232 news articles covering this topic. 64% (1422) are left leaning, 33% (735) are center, and 3% (75) are right leaning.
GOP infrastructure supporters were met with condemning tweets and a death threat. While left-leaning articles highlight that Republican Representative Paul Gosar tweeted a video showing a character with his face killing a figure with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s face, right-leaning articles highlight that a Long Island man was arrested after allegedly making a death threat to Congressman Andrew Garbarino.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that Republican Representative Paul Gosar tweeted a video showing a character with his face killing a figure with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s face. The article notes that Republicans appear increasingly tolerant of at least some persistent level of violence in American discourse.
AP News published a centrist article reporting that GOP infrastructure supporters were savaged by former President Donald Trump and hard-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. Their names and office telephone numbers were tweeted, and one of the 13 says he received a death threat.
A right-leaning article by New York Post highlights that a Long Island man was arrested after allegedly making a death threat to Congressman Andrew Garbarino. Kenneth Gasper is accused of phoning in the threat directed at Garbarino.