Top Aide To Rep. Paul Gosar Exposed As Fuentes Ally

Talking Points Memo reports:

The ChickenRight persona was a unique figure in the Groyper movement. Nick Fuentes’ core audience is made up of young, alienated “Zoomers” who watch his hours-long streams, in which he rails against minorities and gays.

But ChickenRight wasn’t just some kid tuning in to Fuentes’ fringe online world from a basement. Evidence indicates ChickenRight has a real job in the corridors of power in Washington D.C.

TPM has uncovered an extensive digital trail of interconnected Groyper social media pages using variations of the “ChickenRight” and “Chikken” handles that can be linked to Wade Searle, who works as the digital director for Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), one of the most extreme, far-right members of Congress.

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As Gosar’s digital director, it’s possible that Searle was responsible for Gosar’s tweeted anime video showing him killing AOC and Biden with a sword.

Minutes after being censured and removed from his committees for the threat, Gosar tweeted out the video a second time.

The next day Trump endorsed his reelection bid. Gosar’s committee assignments were restored when McCarthy became speaker.