Gun-Control Sit-In Implodes After Minnesota Dem’s Alleged ‘Shoot Himself’ Remark

Minnesota Democratic Rep. Aisha Gomez is facing calls to lose her tax committee chairmanship after allegedly telling a Republican colleague to "go f**king shoot himself" on the House floor.

House Speaker Lisa Demuth and Majority Leader Harry Niska want her removed and are demanding Gov. Tim Walz and Democratic leadership publicly condemn her.

It started Thursday night. Democrats tried to force a vote on HF5140, a gun-control bill that would ban semiautomatic "assault weapons," restrict large-capacity magazines, and criminalize ghost guns.

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They knew it had no chance. The House is tied 67-67, and not a single Republican was going to flip. The vote failed along party lines. Democrats then launched an overnight sit-in at the Capitol.

Political commentator Dustin Grage broke the story, posting video and reporting that multiple Republican lawmakers confirmed Gomez made the remark.

🚨 BREAKING: Several members of the Minnesota House Republican Caucus have confirmed to me that Rep. Aisha Gomez (D) told Rep. @elliottengenMN (R) to “go f*cking sh**t himself.”

The incident occurred during a Democrat “sit-in” after a radical gun control bill failed to pass. pic.twitter.com/7qVYLAWAnW
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) May 15, 2026

Engen later confirmed the allegation himself.

Can confirm.

Didn’t have multiple Democrat colleagues yelling at me to “go f’ing shoot myself” on my bingo card… https://t.co/veol1CXzxT
— Elliott Engen (@elliottengenMN) May 15, 2026

Just hours earlier, Engen had stood on that same floor, urging Democrats to move past partisan gun fights and work together on public safety. That's when, according to Republicans, Gomez told him to go shoot himself.

Here is Rep. @elliottengenMN proposing to Democrats to stop engaging in the same old debates that haven’t worked, and to instead work together to find a new visionary approach to keeping Minnesotans safe.

Just hours later, they told him to “go fcking shoot himself.” https://t.co/8KlPz98XWn pic.twitter.com/l7ndM8EIG8
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) May 15, 2026

Gomez says she didn't threaten him. She claims she said, "Think about them, not yourself, how about that [expletive]," referring to the Annunciation victims. DFL lawmakers released a closer-angle video that doesn't capture the alleged remark, though one report noted it may not show the full exchange.

Republican accounts weren't even consistent. Grage and Engen said, "shoot himself." Rep. Drew Roach posted video quoting Gomez as saying, "go f**king kill himself." (X)

Last August, a 23-year-old gunman opened fire during morning Mass at Annunciation Catholic School. Two students were killed. Thirty others were wounded. Democrats have been pushing gun-control legislation ever since.

Republicans called it what it was: a stunt. The bill was never going to pass, and everyone knew it.

Demuth didn't hold back.

"This kind of behavior is unacceptable, and it makes every person in this place less safe," she said. "Someone willing to spew hate and accost colleagues is unfit to serve as a leader in Minnesota."

Niska pointed to what made the remarks especially damning.

"After the horrible tragedies we've had in Minnesota over the last year, it is sickening that an elected official would think it's acceptable to say the things we heard tonight," Niska said. "We had just heard hours of debate and heartbreaking stories of loss and violence. To respond to that with threats and hate is unconscionable and unacceptable."

No one on the Democratic side has answered for it. Gomez has issued no formal statement. House Democratic leadership has not responded. And Gov. Walz — the man Democrats want to trust with sweeping new gun powers — has said nothing.

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