I've said from the first time I saw the tweet that it wasn't a German who wrote it. Looked to me like a half larper writing a shipost in English then running it through Google translate, or the like.
Basically, Germans don't use the terms in the way that tweet used them.
If some dweeb like myself, although I speak German (not native), questions the makeup of the tweet, People at the level of Powell and Gohmert should have a go to on staff who speaks German to give them their opinion on any foreign language tweet before they run with it.
Basically, then, the whole thing is difficult for me to fathom because Powell and Gohmert should have wisdom and resources behind them before go live with something this big. I just don't think they'd get rolled by a fake tweet. IOW, there's a there there, but I have no fucking idea of why or how.