Hereโs a question: If Republicans arenโt 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-Naziโs are running for office as Republicans; David Duke and the โvery fine peopleโ at the โUnite the Rightโ rally in Charlottesville, Va., were fanboys of the GOPโs 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 Giulianiโs 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 Gosarโthe guy who called Capitol rioters โpeaceful patriotsโ and (probably) covered up his โblue lives matterโ gang tat when he condemned a Capitol police officer for shooting Ashli Babbitt while she was committing a clear act of terrorismโcame under fire Tuesday after posts popped up on social media advertising a fundraiser heโs scheduled to host with Nick Fuentes, the โAmerica Firstโ commentator and โstop the stealโ organizer who the Justice Department labeled as a โwhite supremacist.โ
Gosarโs response to the backlash was basically the mayo-on-white-bread version of, โBut why you mad, though?โ
โNot sure why anyone is freaking out,โ Gosarโthe guy who reportedly signed on with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to form an โAmerica First Caucusโ based in โAnglo-Saxon political traditionsโโtweeted. โIโll 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, โignore the left.โ Do you know who else hates โthe leftโ? White supremacists hate the left. But Iโm sure thatโs just a huge coincidence.
Listen: Iโm not saying Gosar is a white supremacist himselfโIโm just saying, if he isnโt, he sure keeps strange company.
From the Post:
Fuentes has defended segregation and bemoaned the United States losing its โwhite 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 โawesomeโ and the racist rally in Charlottesville that resulted in the death of a counterprotester โincredible.โ
As the Post noted, โThere 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 โn Play group and throwing an all-white-everything House Party to raise political funds.
Itโs 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 donโt know about yโall, but I just ainโt buying it.
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