Rep. Paul Gosar
Paul Anthony GosarMadison Cawthorn has no regrets for attending the January 6 ‘Stop the Steal’ rally. Democrats seek to make Marjorie Taylor Greene the face of the GOP The GOP and the spread of right-wing extremism MORE (R-Ariz.) Denounced “white racism” at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday after being criticized for speaking at a conference whose organizer expressed white nationalist views.
“I report it when we talk about white racism,” said Gosar on Saturday morning. “This is not appropriate.”
The mea culpa comes a day after Gosar spoke Friday night at an event organized by the America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC) and talked about the US immigration system and criticized what he called censorship by media platforms. Social.
He was followed by Nicholas Fuentes, host of the event, who made a series of controversial comments, including that the rebels who invaded the Capitol in January were “patriots” and that if America “loses its white demographic core and loses its faith in Jesus Christ, then this is no longer America. ”
Ex-Rep. Steve King
Steven (Steve) Arnold King In Marjorie Taylor Greene, a glimpse of the House’s future votes to expel Greene from committees for adopting conspiracy theories LIVE COVERAGE: House debates removing Greene from committees MORE (R-Iowa) also spoke on Friday night’s confabulation. King was removed from his committees in 2019 after he asked why terms like “white nationalist, white supremacy, western civilization” were “offensive”. He later lost his seat in the Republican Party primaries in 2020, a defeat that was largely credited to the reaction against his racist comments.
The controversy over Gosar’s participation in the AFPAC event is not the first time that the Arizona Republican has faced allegations of being linked to racist comments. Several of his brothers in 2018 endorsed his Democratic opponent, with one of his sisters saying in an ad that “it would be difficult to see my brother as anything other than racist”.
It was also discovered in 2019 that Gosar followed a series of Twitter accounts that posted racist language or promoted white nationalism.
Gosar was one of the ex- President Trump
Donald TrumpBiden to hold virtual bilateral meeting with Mexican President More than 300 accused in connection with the Capitol riot Trump Jr.: There are “many” rulers who should be challenged MOREAlmeida’s staunchest supporters in Congress and supported many of his hardline immigration policies, including building a wall on the southern border and preventing immigrants brought into the country illegally when children had access to legal status.