Sunday, October 02, 2022

With Louie Gohmert (R-TX) out of Congress next term, AZ will have the dubious distinction of having the craziest member of Congress

* - assuming Paul Gosar (R-AZ9) wins reelection, and since he's facing only write-in competitors in the general election, I don't believe that would be an undue assumption.

From Mediaite -

GOP Rep. Gosar Promotes Far-Right Nick Fuentes Documentary, Claims It’s Proof of ‘Persecution Against Christians’

GOP Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) shared the trailer for a film by far-right documentarian Paul Escandon featuring white nationalist Nick Fuentes on Friday and declared the film proof of “persecution against Christians and Conservatives by the Biden Regime.”

Fuentes stars in the film alongside avowed white supremacist Vincent James, who has recently called for “kidnapping the children away from gay people.”

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“If Americans do not have the freedom to dissent, then they have no freedom at all,” the Arizona Republican argued.


Dissent is OK with him...unless he disagrees with it.  He thinks then that the dissenter should be killed.

From NPR, dated 11/21/2021 -

Rep. Paul Gosar is censured over an anime video depicting him of killing AOC

Lawmakers in the House censured GOP Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona over an anime video that showed a character killing another character meant to be Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.

NOEL KING, HOST:

The House of Representatives has censured Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar. He tweeted an anime-style video that showed a character that looks like him killing another character meant to be New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Here's NPR's Barbara Sprunt.

Of course, if he has a problem with being referred to as the "craziest" member of Congress, I could always refer to him as the most "craven" member of Congress.

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