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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCongressman Recruits Holocaust Deniers Into the Republican Party
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/06/paul-gosar-nick-fuentes-white-nationalist-holocaust-denier-republican-groyper.htmlSome of the most cartoonishly nutty members of the Republican caucus simply want to get famous, rich, or the affections of younger women. Representative Paul Gosar, on the other hand, has a plan. He wants to extend the rightward boundary of the Republican Party coalition and bring it right up to the edge of open Nazism.
Gosar announced last night that he is holding a press conference with Nick Fuentes:
There is a tendency on the left to engage in label inflation, collapsing the spectrum of thought on the right by shoving ever greater numbers of conservatives into the white nationalist slot. But Fuentes is the genuine article. He is a leader of the Groypers, a far-right, anti-Semitic group that could best be described as Nazi-adjacent. Fuentes is known for engaging in Holocaust denial, but in a teasing, ironic way that provides a razor-thin sheen of deniability.
Of course, sometimes politicians or their staff slip up and allow themselves to make contact with some controversial figure whose objectionable views they arent aware of. This is not one of those instances. In February, Gosar appeared at an America First Political Action Conference organized by Fuentes. (AFPAC is conceived as an even more right-wing alternative to CPAC a difficult category to imagine, if you have any sense of how loony CPAC is.)
This event briefly caused an uproar. Gosar formally denounced white racism, but then proceeded to explain why he had reached out to Fuentes in the first place. We thought about it, and we thought: There is a group of young people that are becoming part of the election process, and becoming a bigger force, Gosar told the Washington Post. So why not take that energy and listen to what theyve got to say?
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Congressman Recruits Holocaust Deniers Into the Republican Party (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Jun 2021
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yellowdogintexas
(22,274 posts)1. my daughter is moving into Gosar's district in a year or so.
I told her she was moving into his district and she said "I know & I can't wait to vote against him" !
Guess I raised her right
Behind the Aegis
(53,994 posts)2. It was only a matter of time.
Frankly, I am seeing way too many trafficking in anti-Semitism and it is making my skin crawl.