Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar Appears to Defend Fundraising Event Co-Hosted With White Supremacist.

My mom always said 'you are the company you keep,' and, well, Gosar has some explaining to do.

Hereโ€™s a question: If Republicans arenโ€™t racist then why do they keep appearing to be so buddy-buddy with white supremacists? I mean, KKK leaders are showing up at GOP campaign rallies; neo-Naziโ€™s are running for office as Republicans; David Duke and the โ€œvery fine peopleโ€ at the โ€œUnite the Rightโ€ rally in Charlottesville, Va., were fanboys of the GOPโ€™s Tang-flavored cult leader; the Klan is holding rallies to celebrate Republican victories, and conservatives act like these are all matters of happenstance and not a clear indicator that right-wing ideology attracts white supremacy like flies to the shit running down the side of Rudy Giulianiโ€™s face.

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Anyway, Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) appears to be defending his decision to host a fundraiser alongside a man who is considered to be an unabashed white nationalist.

The Washington Post reports that Gosarโ€”the guy who called Capitol rioters โ€œpeaceful patriotsโ€ and (probably) covered up his โ€œblue lives matterโ€ gang tat when he condemned a Capitol police officer for shooting Ashli Babbitt while she was committing a clear act of terrorismโ€”came under fire Tuesday after posts popped up on social media advertising a fundraiser heโ€™s scheduled to host with Nick Fuentes, the โ€œAmerica Firstโ€ commentator and โ€œstop the stealโ€ organizer who the Justice Department labeled as a โ€œwhite supremacist.โ€

https://twitter.com/RepRiggleman/status/1409683268648136713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Gosarโ€™s response to the backlash was basically the mayo-on-white-bread version of, โ€œBut why you mad, though?โ€

https://twitter.com/DrPaulGosar/status/1409727967836610575?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

โ€œNot sure why anyone is freaking out,โ€ Gosarโ€”the guy who reportedly signed on with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to form an โ€œAmerica First Caucusโ€ based in โ€œAnglo-Saxon political traditionsโ€โ€”tweeted. โ€œIโ€™ll say this: there are millions of Gen Z, Y and X conservatives. They believe in America First. They will not agree 100% on every issue. No group does. We will not let the left dictate our strategy, alliances and efforts. Ignore the left.โ€

Yes, โ€œignore the left.โ€ Do you know who else hates โ€œthe leftโ€? White supremacists hate the left. But Iโ€™m sure thatโ€™s just a huge coincidence.

Listen: Iโ€™m not saying Gosar is a white supremacist himselfโ€”Iโ€™m just saying, if he isnโ€™t, he sure keeps strange company.

From the Post:

Fuentes has defended segregation and bemoaned the United States losing its โ€œwhite demographic core.โ€ He has cast doubt on the millions of deaths in the Holocaust and engaged in a lengthy metaphor likening the deaths to cookies baking in an oven. He labeled the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol โ€œawesomeโ€ and the racist rally in Charlottesville that resulted in the death of a counterprotester โ€œincredible.โ€

As the Post noted, โ€œThere was some question Monday night as to whether the joint event between Gosar and Fuentes was legitimate,โ€ but Gosar is clearly not denying that he and his racist friend are forming a KK-Kid โ€˜n Play group and throwing an all-white-everything House Party to raise political funds.

Itโ€™s almost as if these totally-not-racist Republicans who are going hard against Critical Race Theory for totally-not-racist reasons are trying to convince us that their consistent proximity to white supremacists is all an accident.

I donโ€™t know about yโ€™all, but I just ainโ€™t buying it.

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