[ No Jew haters amongst Republicans? Since when? ]
Gosar’s newsletter has also linked to a different website with an author who promoted a book that claims the Holocaust was a “fraud.” The website is heavily pro-Kremlin, often republishing articles from the Russian state-run propaganda websites Russia Today and Sputnik.
Iran has recently seized upon U.S.S. Liberty conspiracy theories and has used them to amplify hate against Jewish people and Israel. The theories have also been a go-to for
neo-Nazis and other antisemites.
Gosar has long amplified extremists with his platform.
In 2021, Gosar
promoted the work of known white nationalist Vincent James Foxx, who became the
unofficial propagandist for a neo-Nazi fight club. Gosar spoke at the same white nationalist conference as Foxx a few years earlier, alongside Holocaust-denier and antisemite Nick Fuentes, the
first sitting politician to do so.
The work that Gosar promoted mentioned the “great replacement theory,” the idea, popular among white supremacists, that white Americans are being replaced by immigrants. It has been seized upon by extremist groups such as the
American Identity Movementand
Generation Identity.
The great replacement theory has also inspired violence. Fears of immigrants undermining his vision of a white Christian Europe motivated Anders Behring Breivik’s murderous rampage in 2011 at a Norwegian youth summer camp.
In the U.S., the
Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh in 2018 was the deadliest attack against the Jewish community in United States history. Just before perpetrating the attack, the killer took to right-wing social media site Gab to say he believed that immigrants were being brought in to replace and “kill our people.”
The next year in New Zealand, 51 people would be killed and 40 injured but not before the shooter would post a 74-page manifesto titled “The Great Replacement.”
In 2019, in El Paso, Texas, a shooter who killed 23 in a Walmart would cite the New Zealand shooter’s manifesto in one of his own saying it was a response to the “hispanic invasion of Texas.”
Gosar has frequently seized on
meme culture used by white supremacists and neo-Nazis on his Twitter account, including the #DarkMAGA movement, which has
roots in accelerationist neo-Nazi meme culture and many memes related to it often express a desire for violence against perceived enemies. In many cases, they are accompanied by neo-Nazi imagery.
Gosar’s staff said they were unaware of #DarkMAGA until it was brought to their attention
by the Mirror.
Gosar has also employed two white nationalists
in his office.
“As a public servant, the Congressman’s words have significant influence,” Kader said. “We urge him to consider the implications of referencing such narratives and the potential harm they can cause to Jewish Americans, the broader community, and the vital U.S.-Israel alliance.”
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Congressman Paul Gosar shared conspiracy theories in his official newsletter this week, including one with antisemitic ties.
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