Kevin McCarthy says he called Paul Gosar about now-deleted tweet
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told CNN that he called Rep. Paul Gosar last week after the Arizona Republican posted an anime video on Twitter depicting him killing Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and swinging a sword at President Joe Biden.
But McCarthy -- who had not publicly commented on the episode until Monday -- did not directly condemn Gosar's behavior, only noting Gosar had deleted the tweet after their conversation.
"He took the video down and he made a statement that he doesn't support violence to anybody. Nobody should have violence [against them]," the California Republican told CNN. "I called him when I heard about the video, and he made a statement that he doesn't support violence, and he took the video down."
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