Insurrectionist and far-right extremist
MAGA Republican politician and
former dentist who has served as the U.S.
Representative for Arizona's 4th
congressional district since 2013. A
Republican, he was elected in 2010 to
represent the neighboring 1st congressional
district until redistricting. Gosar's
support of conspiracy theories and ties to
the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and Holocaust
deniers have sparked controversy. Gosar
opposes the Affordable Care Act, abortion,
gun control, and immigration. He has been a
strong ally of former president Donald
Trump, and voted to overturn the results of
the 2020 U.S. presidential election. On
November 17, 2021, Gosar was censured by the
House of Representatives and stripped of
committee assignments for posting an edited
clip of Attack on Titan depicting him
killing a titan with Representative
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's face and
attacking a character with President Joe
Biden's face on social media. It was the
first House censure since 2010 and the 24th
in American history. Gosar is a member of
the radical pro-insurrectionist "Freedom
Caucus".
Gosar is
running for
re-election
to the U.S.
House to
represent
Arizona's
9th
Congressional
District. He
is on the
ballot in
the general
election on
November 5,
2024. He
advanced
from the
Republican
primary on
July 30,
2024.
"Rep.
Paul
Gosar's
siblings are
again
speaking out
against his
bid to stay
in Congress,
this time
denouncing
him as a
"cruel" and
"insecure"
person.
In a lengthy
video
interview,
three of
Gosar's
siblings
endorsed his
longshot
opponent and
leveled
criticism at
their
brother that
was both
personal and
political.
"Paul has
become
somebody
that feeds
off hate,"
said
Jennifer
Gosar. "He
looks for
validation
from
whatever's
popular in
the most
extreme
parts of our
society.""
"Arizona
investigators
probing
Republicans’
efforts
to
overturn
the
state’s
2020
election
results
have
subpoenaed
two
members
of
Congress
who
were
among Donald
Trump’s
closest
Capitol
Hill
allies
in
the
scheme.
The
subpoenas
to
Reps. Andy
Biggs and Paul
Gosar,
which
have
not
previously
been
reported,
ordered
the
two
Arizona
Republicans
to
testify
before
a
grand
jury."
[ .
. .
] "Biggs,
the
chairman
of
the
conservative
House Freedom
Caucus in
2020
and
2021,
and
Gosar
were
among
the
most
vocal
congressional
supporters
of
Trump’s
efforts
to
overturn
Biden’s
victory
in
Arizona.
Both
tried
to
challenge
the
state’s
presidential
electors
on
Jan.
6,
2021,
when
Congress
met
to
certify
the
results
of
the
Electoral
College.
Gosar
was
mounting
that
challenge
at
the
same
moment
a
pro-Trump
mob
broke
into
the
Capitol
and
halted
proceedings."
"It’s
part
of
what
is
called
the
CHIPS
and
Science
Act
of
2022,
a
bill
originating
with
...
Sen.
Kyrsten
Sinema,
working
with
Sen.
Mark
Kelly
and
Republicans."
[ .
. .
]
"When
the
bill
came
up
for
a
vote
in
the
House,
24
Republicans
sided
with
Democrats
to
pass
it.
None
of
those
Republicans
were
from
Arizona,
which
would
reap
the
most
benefits
from
the
legislation. Republican
Reps. Andy
Biggs, Paul
Gosar, Debbie
Lesko and David
Schweikert all
voted
against
it."
"Several
Republican
members
of
Arizona’s
congressional
delegation
co-sponsored
legislation
that
is
receiving
new
scrutiny
after
the
Alabama
Supreme
Court
ruled
that
frozen
embryos
are
children.
Republican
Reps. Andy
Biggs, Eli
Crane, Paul
Gosar and Debbie
Lesko co-sponsored
the
Life
at
Conception
Act,
which
would
give
constitutional
equal
protection
rights
to
the
unborn.
And
Rep. David
Schweikert co-sponsored
an
identical,
older
version
of
the
bill
in
2021.
Unlike
similar
legislation
that
Republicans
ran
in
the
U.S.
Senate
in
2017,
the
House
bill,
which
would
ban
nearly
all
abortions
nationwide,
does
not
include
an
IVF
exception. The
proposal
is
drawing
comparisons
to a
decision
by
the
Alabama
Supreme
Court,
which
ruled
that
frozen
embryos
are
considered
children
under
a
Civil
War-era
state
law
that
lets
parents
sue
over
the
death
of a
child."
Rep. Paul
Gosar,
R-Bullhead
City,
has
been
skeptical
of
Ukraine
funding
since
the
beginning
–
offering
at
one
point
to
arrange
an
Arizona
summit
between
Putin
and
Ukrainian
President
Volodymyr
Zelensky.
He
did
not
respond
to a
request
for
comment
Friday,
but
he
made
his
position
clear
in
an
October
statement
on
the
administration’s
request
for
a
joint
package
of
Ukrainian
and
Israeli
aid.
“I
will
vote
for
necessary
funding
to
assist
Israel
in
its
time
of
need
but
if
it
is
combined
with
billions
more
for
Ukraine,
I
will
vote
no,”
Gosar
wrote
then.
“I
have
voted
against
every
dime
spent
supporting
the
proxy
war
in
Ukraine
and
I
will
not
start
now
just
because
it
is
wrapped
in
an
Israeli
flag.”
"U.S.
Rep. Paul
Gosar,
the
erstwhile
dentist
who
represents
Arizona’s
9th
Congressional
District,
may
be the
only
member
of
Congress
to
have
six
of
his
siblings
denounce
him
and
endorse
his
Democratic
opponent,
as
they
did
in
2018."
"Representative Paul
Gosar is
livid
that
fewer
white
people
are
joining
the
military,
a
shift
he
blames
on
“‘woke’
ideologies.”
The
far-right
Arizona
congressman
sent
out
a
fundraising
email
Thursday
night
with
the
subject
line
“dismantling
woke
marxist
ideologies.”
“The
number
of
white
recruits
has
plummeted,”
Gosar
wrote
in
the
email,
first
reported
on
by
Vice
News.
“[It’s]
a
casualty
of
this
cultural
skirmish
that
has
left
our
Army
beleaguered
and
besieged
by
‘woke’
ideologies.”"
"Arizona actually had two fake elector plots—one a bunch of sovereign citizen goobers and the other organized by the Arizona Republican Party. The GOP was very proud of their crime, filming the whole thing and posting photos on their Twitter account. They smiled as they committed a felony, telling Republicans that theirs is the “only slate of 11 you need to worry about,” not the sovereign citizens and certainly not the duly elected and qualified electors. The happy faces in that photo are probably not smiling now. Attorney Kenneth Chesebro, who pled guilty in the Georgia racketeering case, was one of the movers behind the fake electors scheme nationwide, and as part of his plea deal he’s agreed to testify against other co-conspirators."
"It
SHOULD
come
as a
surprise.
But
this
is
Arizona,
so
it
doesn’t.
The
argument
made
by
the
likes
of
Reps. Andy
Biggs, Eli
Crane, Paul
Gosar and Debbie
Lesko would
probably
mimic
the
claims
of
Republican
House
leadership.
That
is:
Santos
has
yet
to
be
convicted
in
court."
"The
U.S.
House
of
Representatives
voted
336-95
to
pass
a
two-step
government
funding
bill
Tuesday,
with
five
Arizona
Republicans
opposed
to
the
measure.
The
Senate
has
the
rest
of
the
week
to
pass
the
measure
to
avert
a
partial
government
shutdown
on
Saturday."
[ .
. .
]
"Reps. Andy
Biggs, Eli
Crane, Paul
Gosar, Debbie
Lesko and David
Schweikert of
Arizona
were
among
the
93
Republicans
who
voted
against
the
measure.
Just
two
House
Democrats
opposed
it."
"Five
Arizona
Republican
members
of
the
House
voted
against
a
last-minute
deal
Saturday
aimed
at
preventing
a
government
shutdown,
but
the
measure
passed
anyway.
Republican
Reps. Andy
Biggs, Eli
Crane, Paul
Gosar, Debbie
Lesko and David
Schweikert were
among
the
90
members
of
their
party
who
opposed
the
continuing
resolution,
which
aims
to
keep
federal
spending
at
current
levels
for
another
45
days while
cutting
funding
to
Ukraine."
"The
federal
government
is
expected
to
shut
down
this
weekend,
and
21
House
Republicans
on
Friday
rejected
Speaker
Kevin
McCarthy's
stopgap
efforts
to
prevent
that.
Three
of
those
representatives
are
from
Arizona.
Reps. Andy
Biggs, Eli
Crane and Paul
Gosar joined
other
hard-right
holdouts
and
voted
against
the
latest
spending
bill."
"Rep. Paul
Gosar (R-AZ)
used
his
weekly
email
newsletter—hosted
on a
.gov
domain
that
is
funded
by
American
taxpayers—on
Sunday
to
launch
a
thinly
veiled,
homophobic
attack
on
Joint
Chiefs
of
Staff
Chairman
Mark
Milley,
shockingly
suggesting
Milley
should
be
put
to
death.
The
diatribe
came
in a
section
commenting
on
former
Capitol
Police
Chief
Stephen
Sund’s
testimony
to
the
House
Committee
on
Administration
last
week,
in
which
Sund
discussed
the
Capitol
riot.
Sund
called
the
events
of
Jan.
6
“an
intelligence
failure”
and
said
he
wished
several
agencies
and
individuals—from
the
Pentagon
to
then-President
Donald
Trump—had
reacted
more
swiftly
to
provide
back-up
for
local
law
enforcement.
But
in
Gosar’s
recantation
of
the
day’s
events,
Rep.
Nancy
Pelosi
(D-CA)
remained
the
villain
of
the
riots,
though
it
was
Milley—“the
homosexual-promoting-BLM-activist
Chairman
of
the
military
joint
chiefs”—who
delayed
the
deployment
of
the
National
Guard,
Gosar
claimed."
"Three
current
and
former
Republican
lawmakers
have
been
rebuffed
by
the
state
Court
of
Appeals
in
their
bid
to
avoid
paying
the
legal
fees
of a
Democrat
who
a
trial
judge
said
was
unfairly
sued
by
them."
[ .
. .
]
"In
a
unanimous
ruling
Thursday,
the
three-judge
panel
said
that
Yuma
County
Superior
Court
Judge
Levi
Gunderson
was
absolutely
justified
last
year
in
requiring Mark
Finchem,
Sen. Anthony
Kern,
R-Glendale;
and
U.S.
Rep. Paul
Gosar,
R-Bullhead
City,
to
shell
out
$75,000
that
Charlene
Fernandez,
then
a
state
representative
from
Yuma,
had
to
pay
to
her
attorneys
to
successfully
defend
against
a
defamation
suit
they
brought
against
her.
He
tossed
their
claim,
ruling
the
lawsuit
“was
brought
for
an
improper
purpose,
having
been
filed
against
a
political
opponent
primarily
for
the
purposes
of
harassment.”"
Neo-Nazi
supporter
and
Congressman Paul
Gosar (R–AZ)
once
again
aligns
himself
with
Hitler
admirers.
This
time,
as
in
yesterday,
he
linked
from
his
House.gov
newsletter
to
USSA
News
— a
site
that
calls
the
Holocaust
the
"Holohoax"
and
has
asked
followers
to
"stand
up
for
Hitler,"
"A special committee created by the Arizona legislature to examine the state’s response to COVID-19 will feature a litany of speakers who have spread disinformation about the pandemic, vaccines, spoken at QAnon events and have conspiratorial beliefs about the virus, including believing it will usher in the “mark of the beast.”"
[ . . . ]
"The “Novel Coronavirus Southwestern Intergovernmental Committee” will hold two days of hearings on May 25 and May 26 at the Arizona Capitol, during which a string of ostensible experts will tell the state and federal Republican lawmakers on the panel their opinions on the pandemic, and Arizona’s response to it.
The Republican elected officials on the panel include state Sens. T.J. Shope and Janae Shamp, the chair and vice-chair, respectively, of the state Senate’s Health and Human Services Committee; state Rep. Steve Montenegro, who chairs the state House of Representatives’ Health and Human Services Committee; and U.S. Reps. Andy Biggs, Eli Crane and Paul Gosar."
[ . . . ]
"Extremist researchers on Twitter were quick to note that the various groups sponsoring the committee had begun promoting it by the acronym, NCSWIC, which is commonly used within the QAnon community to stand for “Nothing Can Stop What Is Coming.” It most often refers to an unfounded belief that “Deep State” collaborators will soon be arrested."
"U.S.
Rep.
Seth
Magaziner,
alongside
four
other
representatives
who
are
all
Jewish
or
have
Jewish
heritage,
sent
a
letter
to
House
Speaker
Kevin
McCarthy
asking
him
to
censure
Rep. Paul
Gosar for
reportedly
harboring
a
neo-Nazi
extremist
within
his
office."
[ .
. .
]
“It
is
incredibly
disturbing
that
Rep.
Gosar,
who
has
already
been
censured
by
the
House
of
Representatives
for
promoting
violence
against
elected
officials,
would
employ
an
individual
who
openly
associates
with
anti-Semitic
white
supremacists
like
Nick
Fuentes,”
Magaziner
said.
“Rep.
Gosar
must
hold
himself
accountable
for
harboring
an
outright
bigot
who
is
responsible
for
spreading
the
violent
ideologies
of
white
supremacy
and
neo-Nazism.”
"Evidence
shows
Congressman Paul
Gosar’s
digital
director
is
behind
an
online
persona
that
Fuentes
called
one
of
his
“strongest
soldiers.”
"
May
14,
2023
Photo link via The Southern Poverty Law Center
"At CPAC Hungary this week, Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona and Rep. Barry Moore of Alabama will speak alongside a global collection of radical-right figures, including the leader of an Austrian political party founded by Nazi SS officers."
"Rep. Paul
Gosar,
a
far-right
Arizona
Republican
with
longtime
ties
to
white
nationalists
and
pro-Nazi
activists,
condemned
the
U.S.
government’s
support
of
Ukraine
in
the
yearlong
war
with
Russia,
suggesting
that
the
U.S.
is
aiding
a
Nazi
regime.
“$100
billion
of
your
tax
money
is
going
to
help
Nazis,”
Gosar
wrote
in
his
weekly
newsletter
published
Sunday
morning.
“I
will
never
support
Nazis
and
I
condemn
our
country’s
support
and
military
aid
to
Nazis.”
Gosar
linked
to a
January
article
posted
on a
conservative
website,
American
Greatness,
that
claims
“Ukraine
is
the
world’s
first
openly
Nazi
state
since
1945”
and
suggests
that
Volodymyr
Zelenskyy,
the
country’s
Jewish
president,
abandoned
his
faith
and
“mocks
Jewish
culture.”
It
echoes
Russian
President
Vladimir
Putin’s
portraying
of
Ukraine
as
being
aligned
with
Nazism."
"Eleven
GOP
senators
and
58
members
of
the
House
filed
a
brief
supporting
U.S.
District
Judge
Matthew
Kacsmaryk’s
decision
to
suspend
the
Food
and
Drug
Administration’s
approval
of
mifepristone,
one
of
two
drugs
taken
in
pill
form
in
medication
abortions."
[...]
"Kacsmaryk
based
his
decision
on
an
1873
anti-pornography
law
called
the
Comstock
Act,
claiming
that
abortion
drugs
are
“nonmailable”
and
that
the
FDA
didn’t
follow
proper
procedure
in
granting
approval
all
those
years
ago.
Among
the
Republicans
looking
to
set
back
women’s
reproductive
freedom
roughly
a
century
and
a
half
are
Arizona
Republican
Reps. Andy
Biggs, Paul
Gosar and Debbie
Lesko."
"On
this
date
in
2015,
2016,
2017,
2018,
2019,
2020,
2021,
as
well
as
2022,
“Fanatical
Republican
Extremist
of
the
Day”
posted
profiles
of
profiled
the
current
U.S.
House
Representative
from
Arizona's
4th
District, Paul
Gosar,
who
every
time
we
profile
him,
gets
more
hyper-conservative,
partisan,
and
frankly,
white
nationalist-y.
We
noted
in
our
original
profile
that
he
has
consistently
had
one
of
the
worst
voting
records
on
issues
that
impact
women,
and
not
just
on
abortion,
because
Gosar
not
only
has
voted
against
the
renewal
of
the
Violence
Against
Women
Act,
but
also
voted
against
legislation
that
would
allow
female
victims
of
sexual
assault
within
our
military
to
decide
who
determines
their
case,
a
military
trial
or a
civilian
one.
He
also
not
only
voted
for
the
2013
Government
Shutdown,
but
when
the
time
came
to
reopen
the
government,
he
voted
to
keep
it
closed.
During
the
standoff
between
the
Bureau
of
Land
Management
and
Cliven
Bundy
in
2014,
Gosar
actually
traveled
to
Nevada
to
show
support
for
Bundy,
stopping
to
take
photos
with
him,
his
first
but
certainly
not
last
flirtation
with
domestic
terrorists.
Gosar's
also
a
conspiracy
theorist,
having
called
for
the
impeachment
of
Attorney
General
Eric
Holder
over
Benghazi,
immigration,
Fast
&
Furious,
Guantanamo
Bay
and
“violating
criminal
smuggling
laws”.
In
September
2015,
as
the
nation
excitedly
awaiting
a
visit
from
Pope
Francis
to
come
speak
before
the
United
States
Congress,
Paul
Gosar,
a
Catholic
in a
district
full
of
them,
announced
that
he
would
be
boycotting
the
pontiff’s
speech
because
he
refused
to
listen
to
the
Holy
Father’s
talk
of
climate
change,
instead
insisting
writing
an
op-ed
where
he
said
he
didn’t
want
to
hear
“leftist
talking
points”,
and
saying
that
climate
has
been
changing
since
“first
created
in
Genesis”."
"Far-right
Rep. Paul
Gosar was
slammed
by
Twitter
users
Monday
for
saying
that
“Ukraine
is
not
our
friend,
and
Russia
is
not
our
enemy”
on
the
heels
of
President
Biden’s
first
trip
to
the
war-torn
nation.
The
Arizona
Republican,
frustrated
with
the
US
government’s
steady
support
of
Ukraine
since
Russia’s
Feb.
24,
2022,
invasion,
also
slammed
Biden
for
visiting
Kyiv
on
President’s
Day."
"Trump on Saturday actually called for tossing our nation’s foundational document into the trash in order to overturn the results of the 2020 election, saying, “Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.”
He has since tried to walk back his comment but no need to do that on Rep. Paul Gosar’s account.
Gosar chose the occasion of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day to announce that he agrees with Trump.
On the day we remember the 2,403 service members and civilians who died in one of the worst attacks our country has ever seen.
Can you imagine?
“I support and agree with the former President. Unprecedented fraud requires unprecedented cure,” Gosar wrote in his since-deleted tweet, with the attached Trump quote."
"Far-right
GOP
Rep. Paul
Gosar pushed
a
message
for
"white
advocates"
after Donald
Trump's
slate
of
election-denying
candidates
lost
races
for
governor,
Senate,
attorney
general,
and
secretary
of
state
in
Arizona.
Extremism
researcher
Nick
Martin
reported,
"last
night,
Congressman
Paul
Gosar
tweeted
a
link
to a
column
written
by
Kevin
DeAnna,
a
white
supremacist
who
uses
the
pen
names
'Gregory
Hood'
and
'James
Kirkpatrick.'"
"The
column
was
originally
published
by
American
Renaissance,
a
website
that
promotes
eugenics
and
regularly
claims
Black
people
are
genetically
inferior
to
white
people"
"Gosar,
R.-Ariz.,
shared
a
movie
trailer
for
"The
Most
Canceled
Man
in
America,"
a
new
documentary
about
Nick
Fuentes,
whom
the
Southern
Poverty
Law
Center
as a
white
nationalist.
The
film
frames
him
as a
target
of
the
government
after
his
involvement
in
the
Jan.
6
U.S.
Capitol
riot
and
other
protests.
Gosar
previously
has
supported,
and
then
tried
to
distance
himself
from,
Fuentes,
an
extreme
far-right
figure
in
the
Republican
realm.
The
Anti-Defamation
League
Fuentes
is a
white
supremacist
leader
and
organizer
who
has
used
his
online
platforms
for
anti-Semitic
and
racist
comments."
"An
Arizona
judge
has
ordered
three
Republicans,
including
secretary
of
state
nominee
Mark
Finchem
and
U.S.
Rep.
Paul
Gosar,
to
pay
$75,000
in
attorney
fees
for
filing
a
defamation
suit
against
a
former
Democratic
lawmaker
“primarily
for
purposes
of
harassment."
"In
five
lines
of
text, Gosar,
R-Ariz.,
invalidated
a
federal
investigation,
professed
his
continued
alliance
with
Trump
and
called
for
the
destruction
of
the
FBI."
"U.S.
Reps. Paul
Gosar and Andy
Biggs of
Arizona
were
among
11
House
Republicans
who
met
with
then-President Donald
Trump in
December
2020
to
strategize
how
to
overturn
the
presidential
election,
according
to
White
House
visitor
logs
unveiled
Tuesday
during
the
Jan.
6
Capitol
riot
hearings
on
Capitol
Hill.
The
White
House
meeting
occurred
Dec.
21,
just
days
after
an
"unhinged"
meeting
between
White
House
lawyers
and
Trump
allies,
which
also
was
a
focus
of
Tuesday's
hearings."
""Although
our
policy
positions
differ
significantly
from
Adam’s,
we
endorse
Adam
Morgan
over
our
brother Paul
Gosar,
since Paul
is
clearly
unhinged,
completely
unfit
for
office,
and
does
not
represent
reality-based
Arizonans,”
Jennifer,
David
and
Tim
Gosar
said
in a
joint
written
statement."
Jul.
14,
2022
Center for Arizona Policy
2022 Candidate Questionnaire
Position Sought: U.S. House of Representatives CD-9
Question 4: Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” and “gender expression” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in nondiscrimination law.
Candidates' Position: Oppose.
Question 9: Protecting individuals and businesses from being required to provide services or use their artistic expression in a manner that violates their moral or religious beliefs.*
"As the Jan. 6 committee continues to lay out its findings to the public about what happened last year, a recording of U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar emerged in which he said, "I was the one who started the revolution."
Gosar tied himself to the insurrection at a June event hosted by a Republican club in Bullhead City, according to a video obtained by The Arizona Republic.
"On January 6th, 2021, I was the one who started the revolution in regards to accountability of elections," the Arizona Republican said to some applause.
The comment was made after statements about the health insurance industry at the 1:35 mark of the approximately 2½ minute clip.
Gosar has fervently denied the 2020 presidential election results. He claims that former President Donald Trump lost because of widespread voter fraud, a notion that has never been proven.
"Rep. Paul
Gosar tweeted,
then
deleted,
a
social
media
post
on
the
,
calling
him
a
transsexual
illegal
immigrant.
Responding
quickly
to a
relatively
obscure
tweet
Tuesday
that
presumed
the
gunman
was
"trash"
who
supported
far-right
House
members
like
Gosar,
R-Ariz.,
and
Rep.
Marjorie
Taylor
Greene,
R-Ga.,
Gosar
hit
back
with
an
acid
tweet
of
his
own.
"We
know
already
fool.
It's
a
transsexual
leftist
illegal
alien
named
Salvatore
Ramos. It's
apparently
your
kind
of
trash,"
Gosar
wrote
on
his
personal
Twitter
account.
Gosar
later
deleted
the
tweet"
"Rep. Paul
Gosar boasts
he's
been
"relentless"
in
seeking
to
restore
fiscal
responsibility
and
"common
sense"
when
it
comes
to
the
"bloated"
federal
government.
"I
will
continue
to
cut
wasteful
federal
spending
wherever
I
can,"
the
Arizona
Republican
says
on
his
official
website.
"The
American
people
and
taxpayers
deserve
nothing
less."
Yet
Gosar
doesn't
seem
to
practice
what
he
preaches.
The
House
of
Representatives
passed
a
bill
designed
to
provide
more
military
assistance
to
Ukraine
amid
the
Russian
invasion
with
overwhelming
bipartisan
support
on
Thursday.
Lawmakers
approved
the
Ukraine
Democracy
Defense
Lend-Lease
Act
of
2022
by a
vote
of
417
to
10,
with
all
votes
against
the
bill's
passage
coming
from
Republicans."
"On
Holocaust
Remembrance
Day,
Republican
Congressman Paul
Gosar posted
—
and
later
deleted
— a
meme
rooted
in
violent
and
racist
online
culture
that
was
praised
by
neo-Nazis
and
white
nationalists.
Gosar’s
social
media
postings
on
Twitter
and
Gab
featured
a
picture
of
the
Prescott
Republican
with
a
red
filter
that
is
part
of
the
meme
movement
known
as
“DarkMAGA,”
an
aesthetic
that
evokes
a
dystopian
view
of
the
world
and
pushes
for
former
President Donald
Trump and
other
conservatives
to
be
more
violent
and
hardlined
with
their
rhetoric."
"The
motion,
called
the
Ukraine
Invasion
War
Crimes
Deterrence
and
Accountability
Act,
has
the
goal
to
"collect,
analyze,
and
preserve
evidence
and
information
related
to
war
crimes
and
any
other
atrocities"
committed
by
Russian
armed
forces
in
Ukraine.
The
bill
passed
in
the
House
of
Representatives
on
Wednesday,
with
418
voting
in
favor
and
only
the
seven
Republicans
voting
against."
"Just
the
other
day Gosar was
making
the
press
rounds
claiming
that
his
attendance
at
white
nationalist
Nick
Fuentes'
AFPAC
conference
was
due
to a
"miscommunication"
of
some
sort,
which
he
credited
to
his
staff.
And
now
a
similar
event
has
popped
up
on
his
calendar,
set
to
take
place
on a
date
that
holds
special
weight
for
white
supremacists."
"Just
when
you
thought
Arizona
Republican
Reps. Paul
Gosar and Andy
Biggs could
bring
no
greater
disgrace
to
the
GOP
than
their
connection
to
the
Big
Lie
and
their
alleged
association
with
organizers
of
what
became
the
Jan.
6
insurrection
…
Stop.
I
take
that
back.
If
you’ve
lived
in
Arizona
for
any
amount
of
time
and
follow
politics
even
a
little
you
know
that
Gosar
and
Biggs
are
more
than
capable
of
bringing
even
greater
ignominious
disgrace
to
the
GOP."
"Reps. Andy
Biggs and Paul
Gosar,
Arizona's
most
contrarian
members
of
Congress,
again
joined
the
few
in
Washington
to
vote
against
banning
Russian
oil
imports
and
further
economic
sanctions.
The
largely
symbolic
measure
overwhelmingly
passed
the
House
of
Representatives
414-17,
with
the
Arizona
Republicans
joined
by
13
GOP
colleagues"
"Since
2018,
when Gosar dined
with
a
European
extremist
who
called
for
banning
Islam
from
Europe,
the
far-right
Arizona
lawmaker
has
boosted
the
profiles
of
local
antisemites,
attended
a
conference
organized
by a
prominent
White
nationalist,
and
repeatedly
shared
content
from
a
Holocaust
denial
website."
"Rep. Paul
Gosar was
one
of
three
members
of
the
House
of
Representatives
on
Wednesday
to
vote
against
a
symbolic
measure
calling
for
a
cease-fire
in
Ukraine
and
support
for
its
people.
The
resolution
passed
426-3"
"The Republican state senator was clear in what she wanted in a recent post on Telegram, the encrypted messaging app that has become a haven for far-right politics and extremists. “Dear Groyper army, please hit Ron Watkins. Love, Wendy,” she wrote. State Sen. Wendy Rogers was asking her fans and allies in the “groyper army” to go after the QAnon conspiracy theorist turned Congressional candidate because he had alleged Rogers, who has built her political brand on spreading lies about the 2020 election, was involved in some sort of “backroom deal” that was preventing Splunk logs and routers from being examined for alleged election fraud. There is no evidence of such a backroom deal."
"In
a
Jan.
24
Gab
post, Gosar defended
extremist
Nick
Fuentes,
whom
the
Southern
Poverty
Law
Center
describes
as a
white
nationalist:
"The
phony
January
6th
Committee's
partisan
witch-hunt
continues
as
they
have
now
set
their
sights
on
young
conservative
Christians
like
Nick
Fuentes.
This
is
pure
political
persecution
and
it
has
to
stop.
@realnickjfuentes"
Fuentes,
who
the
Anti-Defamation
League
also
calls
a
white
supremacist
leader
and
organizer,
responded
on
Gab:
"Thank
you
Congressman!"
"The
far-right
congressman
is
one
of
Trump’s
most
loyal
backers
in
Congress,
earning
him
one
of
more
than
90
endorsements
made
so
far
by
the
former
US
president
ahead
of
this
year’s
crucial
midterm
elections.
Gosar
is
the
kind
of
politician
that
Trump
–
who
is
embarking
on a
series
of
rallies
to
try
to
cement
his
allies’
power
in
the
Republican
party
– is
increasingly
seeking
to
support.
But Gosar
has
extensive
links
to
white
nationalists
and
Capitol
rioters and,
many
observers
say,
represents
a
dangerous
new
breed
of
Republican
politician,
who
would
have
once
been
considered
fringe,
but
whom
Trump
is
increasingly
making
central
to
Republican
party
politics."
"Kari Lake, a former TV anchor who's running for governor, began her speech with the theme of some of the other speakers, praising America under Trump and listing its problems under Biden. As did others, she called Trump “president” and slammed the 2020 election as “rotten to the core.""
[ . . . ]
"We are so blessed to have Donald Trump with us here today. We know the election was stolen,” state Sen. Wendy Rogers, R-Flagstaff, said when she took the stage, echoing the sentiments of other speakers and crowd members, who cheered her in response."
[ . . . ]
"Arizona Republican U.S. Reps. Debbie Lesko, Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar, the latter two national leaders in the spread of falsehoods over the 2020 election, also spoke at the rally"
"Even
among
radical
voices
in
Republican
politics,
Rep. Paul
Gosar of
Arizona
stands
out
as
extraordinary.
Plenty
of
GOP
officials
peddle
strange
conspiracy
theories
about
Donald
Trump's
2020
election
defeat,
but
the
Arizona
congressman
—
best
known
for
his
associations
with
white
nationalists
and
animated
video
in
which
he
was
depicted
killing
one
of
his
House
colleagues
— is
a
special
case.
After
all,
Gosar
has
described
President
Joe
Biden
as a
"fraudulent
usurper."
He
called
the
certification
of
the
election
results
as
"sedition."
He
praised
Jan.
6
rioters
as
"peaceful
patriots."
He
recently
claimed
to
have
a
secret
CIA
source
who
told
him
about
hundreds
of
thousands
of
fraudulent
votes,
pointing
to
an
intelligence
office
that
doesn't
appear
to
exist."
"Gosar's
aide,
Tom
Van
Flein,
hunted
for
a
plane
from
South
Korea
that
conspiracy
theorists
identified
as a
source
of
what
they
thought
was
election-changing
levels
of
fraud
[...]
They
found
a
Korean
Air
plane,
but
no
proof
of
stolen
ballots."
"The far-right representative from Arizona voted against the American Rescue Plan. He’s now calling some of its funding “essential” "
"Paul Gosar has repeatedly denounced the American Rescue Plan, a bill passed by Congress earlier this year to help Americans and businesses during the pandemic. Gosar labeled the plan, which cost $1.9 trillion, “a Democrat spending bonanza” and agreed with his colleague Matt Gaetz’s contention that it’s nothing more than “a trojan horse for socialism.” Gosar voted against the plan, of course, but in a Monday press release he happily took credit for a $32,000 American Rescue Plan grant that will help an Arizona airport clean and sanitize its facilities, calling the funds “essential.”
“I am pleased to announce that the City of Kingman will receive this critical funding for economic relief related to operational costs for cleaning and sanitizing the Kingman Airport to combat the spread of COVID-19,” Gosar wrote. “This funding is essential to maintaining safe and reliable air service to the community.”
Included in the release was a quote from Kingman Mayor Jen Miles thanking the Arizona representative for his “continued support.”
“We are grateful for Congressman Gosar’s continued support, and this funding will help with the ever-growing Kingman Municipal Airport operations,” Miles said.
Gosar and Miles’ offices did not immediately respond to a requests for comment from Rolling Stone.
As a refresher, here are some of the initiatives that were funded by the American Rescue Plan: $1,400 stimulus checks, increased child tax credits, extended unemployment insurance, rental assistance, and emergency funds for governments, in addition to funds for businesses. When Gosar voted against the plan, he called it a “supposed Covid relief bill” and claimed that the legislation “fails to compensate small and medium-sized businesses while providing only meager relief for the American people.” Not only did he vote against it, he proposed an amendment to give Americans $10,000 stimulus checks in an attempt to strip a number of other priorities from the bill."
"Representative Paul
Gosar (R-Ariz.)
has
credited
his
"Marxist"
siblings
for
"screaming
and
squealing"
about
a
video
showing
him
killing
Representative
Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez
(D-N.Y.)
as
inspiration
to
"keep
on
going.
Gosar
was
censured
and
removed
from
his
House
committee
assignments
last
month
over
tweeting
the
edited
anime
video,
which
depicts
him
killing
Ocasio-Cortez
with
a
sword
before
turning
the
blade
towards
President
Joe
Biden.
The
Arizona
Republican
initially
deleted
the
video
from
Twitter
shortly
after
controversy
ensued.
However,
he
quickly
reversed
course,
praising
the
video
and
sharing
it
in
another
tweet
minutes
after
being
censured.
[...]
Several
of
Gosar's
siblings
did
disavow
the
video
and
blast
their
brother
after
he
posted
it. Jennifer
Gosar,
the
congressman's
youngest
sibling,
called
him
"a
sociopath" while
urging
Congress
to
hold
him
"accountable"
during
a
CNN
interview
last
month.
Jennifer
celebrated
his
censure
during
a
later
interview
with
MSNBC,
adding
that
she
hoped
the
move
was
"not
the
end"
of
his
punishment."
"Rep. Paul
Gosar is
decrying
the
treatment
of
insurrectionists
held
in a
Washington,
D.C.,
jail.
But
where
is
his
concern
about
mistreatment
of
inmates
here
in
Arizona?"
"The
four
Republicans
who
...
circulated
baseless
conspiracy
theories
about
a
2020 Donald
Trump presidential
victory
in
Arizona
and
pushed
for
the
Senate's
partisan
audit
of
Maricopa
County's
election
results
are
continuing
on
the
same
path
more
than
a
year
later.
[...]
U.S.
Reps. Andy
Biggs and Paul
Gosar,
state
Rep. Mark
Finchem,
R-Oro
Valley,
and
former
Representative Anthony
Kern,
R-Glendale,
were
at
the
U.S.
Capitol
on
Jan.
6,
encouraging
the
overturn
of
election
results."
"The House censured Rep. Paul Gosar and booted him from his committees Wednesday over a violent social media post in which he threatened prominent Democrats"
"“In
a
moment
where
you’ve
got
an
avowed
white
nationalist
in
Rep. Gosar who
has
posted
a
video
advocating
the
killing
of
another
member,
the
idea
that
our
leader
will
not
stand
against
that,
but
that
he’s
somehow
going
after
and
allowing
attacks
against
13
members
who
are
conducting
themselves
in a
serious
and
substantive
way
is
really
outrageous,”
Ms.
Cheney
told
The
Associated
Press."
"The
House
Representative,
whose
siblings
have
endorsed
the
last
two
Democratic
Congressional
nominees
over
their
own
brother,
has
earned
two
more
points
into
the
political
hall
of
shame
and
disrepute."
"The
special
House
committee
examining
the
Jan.
6
riot
is
reportedly
planning
to
seek
phone
records
from
former
President
Donald
Trump
and
other
Republicans
involved
in
the
"Stop
the
Steal"
rallies,
including
Reps. Andy
Biggs and Paul
Gosar of
Arizona."
"On
Friday,
Rep.
Dean
Phillips,
D-Minn.,
recounted
how
he
vented
his
anger
at
Rep. Paul
Gosar,
R-Ariz.,
as
the
rioters
stormed
the
Capitol
and
halted
the
certification
of
the
Electoral
College
vote."
"Unless your GOP colleagues step in, you are doomed to go down in history as a cautionary tale: a person who betrayed his family, his country and himself."
"You
may
have
seen
Arizona
Rep. Paul
Gosar in
footage
from
Jan.
6,
standing
on
the
floor
of
the
House
of
Representatives
— an
American
flag
mask
hanging
beneath
his
nose,
his
head
bobbing
up
and
down
—
objecting
to
the
certification
of
Joe
Biden’s
presidency
on
the
floor
of
the
U.S.
House
of
Representatives,
shortly
before
insurrectionists
attempted
to
break
into
the
chamber
to
do
the
same.
Gosar
has
devoted
himself
to
former
president Donald
Trump’s
false
claims
about
his
election
loss,
promoting
“Stop
the
Steal”
rallies,
referring
to
President
Biden
as
“an
illegitimate
usurper”
and
calling
the
angry
masses
who
laid
siege
to
the
Capitol
“peaceful
patriots.”"
"the
American
Dental
Association
has
finally
cut
off
donations
to Gosar,
who
made
headlines
earlier
this
year
for
speaking
at a
white
nationalist
conference
organized
by
Holocaust-denying
neo-Nazi
Nick
Fuentes."
The Arizona Republic via The Rose Law Group Reporter
Jul. 15, 2022
"Elected officials and candidates for office in 2022 continue to challenge and question the results of the 2020 presidential election in Arizona.
The results have been examined and re-examined, challenged in court and in a monthslong ballot review. No evidence has been found of widespread fraud or error in the results.
Yet candidates deny the outcome. Others don't quite go as far. But they raise questions about potential irregularities they say could have influenced the vote and should be examined.
The Arizona Republic is listing candidates by category by the race that they are entered in. This list is not complete and will be updated throughout the 2022 election season.
Election deniers
These candidates in Arizona races deny that Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, either in Arizona or nationwide."
"The
American
Dental
Association
has
donated
over
$75,000
to
the
Republican
congressman
from
Arizona,
a
former
dentist,
since
he
was
elected
to
Congress
in
2010,
making
them
his
top
donor.
"
"Six
months
to
the
day
after
a
mob
broke
into
the
U.S.
Capitol
in a
direct
attack
on
democracy,
Rep. Paul
Gosar on
Tuesday
came
once
again
to
the
defense
of
one
of
those
who
died
in
insurrection.
Oh,
not
one
of
the
police
officers
who
lost
their
lives
in
the
days
and
weeks
after
the
attack.
Gosar
has
steadfastly
refused
to
honor
any
of
the
men
and
women
who
defended
the
nation’s
Capitol
(and
him)
that
day.
Instead,
Gosar
chose
the
six-month
anniversary
of
that
now-infamous
day
to
pay
tribute
to
one
of
the
rioters
and
to
continue
his
quest
to
sic
the
mob
on
the
Capitol
police
officer
who
killed
her."
"Whether
it's
lying
about
the
2020
election,
distorting
the
events
of
January
6th,
or
sharing
the
stage
with
a
holocaust
denier,
far-right
Congressman Paul
Gosar is
making
a
name
for
himself
as
one
of
the
most
conspiracy-addled
Republicans
in
Congress"
"Three
of
Arizona's
four
House
Republicans
voted
Tuesday
against
banning
Confederate
statues
from
the
U.S.
Capitol
in
an
issue
shaped
by
the
Jan.
6
riot
and
GOP
pushback
on
discussing
systemic
racism."
"GOP
Rep. Paul
Gosar of
Arizona
is
set
to
host
a
fundraiser
with
Nick
Fuentes,
a
far-right
political
commentator
and
streamer
who
was
identified
as a
white
supremacist
by
the
FBI
and
is
seen
as
the
leader
of a
nationalist
movement
called
the
"Groyper
Army.""
"I
consider
him
a
traitor
to
this
country.
I
consider
him
a
traitor
to
his
family,"
Dave
Gosar
said.
"He
doesn't
see
it.
He's
disgraced
and
dishonored
himself."
"National
Stop
the
Steal
organizer
Ali
Alexander
claimed
that
Arizona
Representatives Paul
Gosar (R-AZ)
and Andy
Biggs (R-AZ)
joined
him
to
“plan
pro-Trump
rallies.
That
included
the
one
that
ended
with
an
attack
on
the
Capitol.”
The
consequences
of
their
actions
are
chilling."
"Rep. Paul Gosar’s (R-Ariz.) brothers on Thursday apologized "on behalf of the actual sane members" of the Gosar family for the Arizona Republican's false claims about the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6."
"Gosar said
Babbitt
had
been
"executed"
and
that
"(t)he
Capitol
Police
officer
that
did
that
shooting
appeared
to
be
hiding,
lying
in
wait
and
then
gave
no
warning
before
killing
her."
The
Arizona
Republican
also
questioned
why
the
name
of
the
officer
has
not
been
made
public."
The
Arizona
Republicans
were
among
the
few
members
in
the
House
and
Senate
to
oppose
the
measure,
which
now
heads
to
President
Joe
Biden,
who
is
expected
to
sign
it
into
law.
"Gosar,
during
a
House
hearing
earlier
in
the
day,
said
Capitol
Police
were
"lying
in
wait"
for
Ashli
Babbitt,
who
was
shot
and
killed
during
the
breach
at
the
Capitol
that
day.
Gosar
reportedly
described
Babbitt
as
being
"executed"
by
Capitol
Police."
"Gosar tweeted
Tuesday
that
Brian
Sicknick,
a
Capitol
Police
officer
who
engaged
Jan.
6
rioters,
was
not
killed
by
the
rioters
and
instead
died
of
natural
causes.
He
called
the
claim
that
Sicknick
was
killed
by
rioters
a
“lie."
"Messages
leaked
to
the
Washington
Post
implicate
Rep. Paul
Gosar (R-AZ)
in a
plot
to
create
a
so-called
"Brooks
Brothers
Riot"
in
his
home
state
to
block
President
Joe
Biden's
victory."
"Rep. Paul
Gosar (R-Ariz.)
is
finding
that
Democrats
who
once
worked
with
him
on
bipartisan
bills
no
longer
want
to
touch
them
with
a
10-foot
pole
if
he’s
involved."
"Trump
Zone-Fox
Island-Disinfowar-White
Nationalist-Election
Denying
Collaborating
Quislings
Andy
masks
take
away
freedom
Biggs
and
Paul
my
family
will
not
vote
for
me Gosar found
time
last
Friday
to
costar
with
fellow
traitors-fringe-potential
underworld
figures
Majorie
Jewish
Lasers
cause
California
Wildfire
Taylor
Greene
and
Matt
the
indictment
probably
is
coming
soon
Gaetz
at a
big
lie
America
First
rally
at
the
Mesa
Community
Center."
"House
Democrats,
aided
by
35
Republicans,
voted
252-175
to
pass
a
bill
to
create
a
10-member
commission.
[...] Biggs was
joined
in
voting
no
Wednesday
by
fellow
Arizona
Republicans Paul
Gosar, Debbie
Lesko and David
Schweikert,
all
three
of
whom
are
Freedom
Caucus
members."
"Four
of
the
most
polarizing
Republicans
in
the
U.S.
House
of
Representatives
called
on a
top
Justice
Department
official
to
allow
Arizona's
audit
of
Maricopa
County
ballots
to
continue
unimpeded."
"Arizona
Congressman Paul
Gosar has
become
white
nationalists’
favorite
Republican
because
he's
quick
to
jump
into
action
when
they
start
throwing
fits
based
on
their
paranoid
fantasies."
"Rep. Paul
Gosar once
again
distinguishes
himself
as
Arizona's
biggest
crackpot
congressman.
This
time,
by
defending
Jan.
6
rioters.
Or,
as
he
sees
them,
"peaceful
patriots'."
"Louie
Gohmert,
Marjorie
Taylor
Greene,
and Paul
Gosar [have]
been
circulating
material
championing
“a
common
respect
for
uniquely
Anglo-Saxon
political
traditions.”"
"House
Republicans
seem
to
have
a
permanent
slot
for
a
designated
white
nationalist
member
in
their
ranks
these
days.
Steve
King,
the
Iowa
congressman
who
finally
stepped
aside
in
the
election,
used
to
play
the
role.
Nowadays, Paul
Gosar of
Arizona
seems
to
have
become
the
go-to
guy.
Last
Friday,
Gosar
was
the
keynote
speaker
in
Orlando,
Florida,
at
the
America
First
Political
Action
Committee
(AFPAC)
conference
organized
by
white
nationalist
troll
Nicholas
Fuentes,
leader
of
the
alt-right
“Groyper
Army.”
He
followed
that
up
Monday
by
tweeting
out
a
meme
featuring
the
group’s
motto,
“America
First
is
Inevitable.”"
"As
he
darted
down
to
Florida
last
week
and
skipped
crucial
House
votes,
Republican
Rep. Paul
Gosar of
Arizona
neglected
to
tell
GOP
Rep.
Ann
Wagner
of
Missouri
the
full
story
behind
why
he
needed
her
to
vote
in
his
place."
"Rep. Paul
Gosar skipped
voting
on
the
$1.9
trillion
virus
aid
bill
on
Friday,
suggesting
the
pandemic
prevented
him
from
being
physically
present
in
Congress
on
the
same
day
he
spoke
to
conservatives
in
Florida."
Arizona Representative Paul Gosar, a proud member of the January 6 Trump Insurrection at the U.S. Capitol building, on his way to join the attempted takeover. Facebook post now deleted.
"In
July
he
said
the
pandemic
was
'waning.'
Now
he
pawns
it
off
as
hyped
up
by Trump enemies.
There
have
been
6
million
cases
in
the
U.S.
and
more
than
183,000
deaths."
Position Sought:U.S. House of Representatives CD-4
Question 5: Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” or “gender expression” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in nondiscrimination law.
Candidates' Position: Oppose.
Question 12: Adding Protecting individuals and businesses from being required to provide services or use their artistic expression in a manner that violates their moral or religious beliefs.*
"Rep. Paul
Gosar has
used
his
social
media
perch
to
back
a
far-right
Florida
congressional
candidate
who
has
claimed
some
mass
shootings
were
staged
and
lost
online
accounts
of
her
own
over
her
anti-Muslim
views."
"six
of Gosar's
siblings
–
Tim,
Jennifer,
Gaston,
Joan,
Grace,
and
David
–
say
that
their
brother's
positions
on
immigration,
the
environment,
and
health
care
have
effectively
torn
their
family
apart."
Sep.
21,
2018
Center for Arizona Policy
2018 Candidate Questionnaire
Position Sought:U.S. House of Representatives CD-4
Question 4: Protecting individuals and businesses from being required to use their artistic expression in a manner that violates their conscience.*
Candidates' Position: Support.
Question 9: Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” or “gender expression” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in nondiscrimination law.
"A
fringe
think
tank
that
vilifies
Muslims
bankrolled
Arizona
Congressman Paul
Gosar's
trip
to
the
U.K.
last
month
to
attend
a
rally
for
a
jailed
far-right
activist."
"Gosar has
denigrated
entire
Muslim
communities
in
the
United
Kingdom
by
supporting
a
dangerous
far-right
extremist
who,
by
his
own
admission,
is
supported
by
Nazis,"
"Gosarraised far-right
conspiracy
theories.
He
suggested the
deadly
Charlottesville,
Virginia, white
supremacist
rally
was
the
work
of a
supporter
of
former
President
Barack
Obama
and
that
liberal
activist
George
Soros
had
turned
Jews
over
to
the
Nazis
as a
boy."
Position Sought:U.S. House of Representatives CD-4
Question 4: Protecting individuals and businesses from being required to use their artistic expression in a manner that violates their conscience.*
Candidates' Position: Support.
Question 9: Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” or “gender expression” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in nondiscrimination law.
Position Sought: U.S. House of Representatives CD-4
Question 3: Arizona’s voter-approved constitutional definition of marriage should be defended to the fullest extent legally possible.
Candidates' Position: Support.
Question 4: Protecting individuals and businesses from being required to provide services or use their artistic expression in a manner that violates their moral or religious beliefs.*
Candidates' Position: Support.
Question 8: Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” or “gender expression” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in antidiscrimination law.
Position Sought: U.S. House of Representatives CD-4
Question 3: Amending the United States Constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
Candidates' Position: Support.
Question 8: Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” or “gender expression” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in nondiscrimination law.
Candidates' Position: Oppose.
Question 13: Repealing the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which states that marriage is the union of one man and one woman and declares states do not have to recognize same-sex marriage from other states.
Question 5: Amending the United States Constitution to define marriage as between only one man and one woman.
Candidates' Position: Support.
Question 8: Protecting healthcare workers from being required to perform procedures that violate their moral or religious beliefs.*
Candidates' Position: Support.
Question 10: Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” or “gender expression” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in discrimination law.
Candidates' Position: Oppose.
Question 14: Repealing the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which states that marriage is the union of one man and one woman and declares states do not have to recognize same-sex marriage from other states.
