Tag Archives: Paul Gosar

The New York Times reports: A legal effort to disqualify from re-election lawmakers who participated in events surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol expanded on Thursday, when a cluster of voters and a progressive group filed suit against three elected officials in Arizona to bar them under the 14th Amendment from running again. In three separate candidacy …

The Arizona Mirror reports: Prescott Republican Congressman Paul Gosar was listed as a “special guest” with the white nationalist American Populist Union at an event that will be on a date popular among white nationalists and Neo-Nazis: Hitler’s birthday. The American Populist Social will be held in Tempe on April 20, a date revered by white supremacists and Neo-Nazis. But …

Congress Minutes reports: Rep. Paul Gosar is blaming his video appearance last month at a white nationalist-organized conference on his staff. The Arizona Republican also says he’s done with event organizer Nick Fuentes, a far-right fringe figure who’s trafficked in racist and antisemitic rhetoric. Gosar’s denial — among the first public remarks he’s given on the matter — comes nearly …

From a petition by Faith In America: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is twisting religion and using Jesus’s name to defend her blasphemous partnership with white nationalists. On Friday, 2/25, several prominent Republican politicians — including Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar — spoke at an explicitly white-nationalist conference in Florida. The “America First Political Action Conference” is organized …

The Louisville Courier-Journal reports: When the House passed a resolution Wednesday night to declare support for Ukraine’s sovereignty, only three votes were in opposition. Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky was one of them. The resolution passed near-unanimously with a 426-3 vote. Three Republicans voted in opposition: Massie, Raul Gosar (Arizona) and Matt Rosendale (Montana). The resolution calls for an immediate …

The Hill reports: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Tuesday refused an on-camera chance to condemn a pair of far-right lawmakers for their weekend participation in a white nationalist conference in Florida, where Russian President Vladimir Putin was a celebrated figure. A day earlier, in the private halls of the Capitol, the Republican leader told a pair of reporters …

Politico reports: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and a host of other Republican leaders are condemning party members who engage with white nationalist groups, days after Gosar (R-Ariz.) and Greene (R-Ga.) spoke at the extremist-backed America First Political Action Conference. It’s the most serious signs of isolation yet for the two Trump-allied conservatives, as party …

The Guardian reports: Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar, members of Congress who spoke at a white nationalist event in Florida this week, are “morons” with no place in the Republican party, Mitt Romney said on Sunday. “I’m reminded of that old line from the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid movie,” the Utah senator and 2012 presidential nominee told …

MSNBC reports: In a press release Monday, Rep. Paul Gosar took credit for airport improvements his district received as a result of the American Rescue Plan, a bill he whined about all the way through its enactment in March. Gosar voted against the relief plan — twice. And in February, as the proposed legislation worked its way through Congress, the …

The Associated Press reports: Former President Donald Trump is endorsing Rep. Paul Gosar, one day after the Arizona Republican was censured by the House of Representatives for posting a violent cartoon video that depicted a character with his face killing one with New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s. Trump, in a statement, hailed Gosar as “a loyal supporter of our America …

Talking Points Memo reports: Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), shortly after being censured by the House for posting an anime video of him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), retweeted a post with the video on Thursday before apparently unretweeting it. The Associated Press, the New York Times and multiple Twitter observers noted that on Thursday evening, Gosar retweeted a post from …

CNN reports: As the House voted on the resolution to censure him, GOP Rep. Paul Gosar was standing in a group in the back of the House floor. Those around him included GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who Democrats stripped of her committee assignments earlier this year, GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert and outgoing Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Biggs. The resolution …

CNN reports: The House is set to vote Wednesday to approve a resolution that censures Rep. Paul Gosar and strips him of his two committee assignments, which if passed would be the first time a sitting House member will be censured in more than 10 years. The action led by House Democrats represents a major rebuke to the Arizona Republican …

CNN reports: The House will vote Wednesday on a resolution that both censures Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona and removes him from the Committee on Oversight and Reform, a source familiar tells CNN. Gosar is facing censure for his posting of a photoshopped anime video to his Twitter and Instagram accounts showing him appearing to kill Democratic Rep. Alexandria …

“I just received word that Speaker Pelosi intends to hold a censure vote against me soon, maybe as early as this afternoon at three and strip me of my committee assignments over a cartoon my staff posted last week depicting the real life battle taking place along the southern border — resulting from Mr. Biden’s open border policy. “The left …

Politico Playbook reports: Senior Democrats privately discussed censuring Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) over a video seemingly promoting violence against political opponents during a private leadership meeting Monday night, according to multiple sources. Democratic leaders have not made a final call about what to do with the far-fight Arizona congressman and want to discuss their options with rank-and-file Tuesday. However, there …

Politico reports: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy says he called Rep. Paul Gosar after learning about an anime video the Arizona Republican posted last week that depicted violence against two prominent Democrats. After the call, Gosar put out a statement dismissing that the video was intended to encourage violence. The GOP leader wouldn’t say whether he directly urged Gosar to …

Axios reports: House Democrats on Friday introduced a resolution to censure Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) for posting a video to his Twitter account that depicts him attacking President Biden and appearing to kill Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). Why it matters: Political violence has been a recurring problem for the 117th Congress, which was rocked by the Capitol riot just three …

The Associated Press reports: In the past week, Republican Rep. Paul Gosar tweeted a video showing a character with his face killing a figure with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s face. Several of the 13 House Republicans who backed a bipartisan infrastructure bill said they faced threats after their vote. In one profanity-laced voicemail, a caller labeled Rep. Fred Upton a “traitor” …

NBC News reports: A group of House Democrats said Wednesday that they plan to introduce a resolution to censure Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., for posting an edited animated video that depicts him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and attacking President Joe Biden. Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., a co-chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus, was joined by nine other lawmakers in …