Arizona GOP Rep. Paul Gosar has been linked to another event with Nick Fuentes, the leader of the America First Movement and provocateur who has engaged in Holocaust denialism and made racist remarks.
A Monday post on the social media platform Telegram promoted a fundraiser between the two figures. It read, “Please join us for a fundraiser event with Paul Gosar,” and teased that the date, time, and location will be revealed on July 1.
Gosar’s office did not return multiple requests for comment to confirm the event, though the congressman himself appeared to defend it on social media.
GOSAR ON APPEARANCE AT EVENT ORGANIZED BY NICK FUENTES: ‘YOU DON’T ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING BY ISOLATING’
Far-right Rep. Paul Gosar, on July 2nd, will be holding a fundraiser with Unite the Right attendee Nick Fuentes. pic.twitter.com/PtKt4b7PXG
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) June 29, 2021
“Not sure why anyone is freaking out. I’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,” he said on Twitter late Monday night.
His statement was a quote tweet from the president of the New York Young Republicans Club that said, “Gosar is a fantastic Congressman and I’m sick of all these pathetic cowards on my time-line freaking out over nothing and trying to throw him to the wolves. Grow some damn balls you eunuchs.”
In late February, the Arizona congressman spoke at the America First Political Action Conference.
Amid backlash, he defended the decision, saying, “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. So why not take that energy and listen to what they’ve got to say?”
The Republican National Committee denounced his appearance at the event at the time.
At the time, Republican National Committee rapid response director Tommy Pigott told the Washington Examiner that “there is no place for anti-Semitism or racism in the Republican Party. We condemn it in the strongest possible terms.”
A spokesperson for the RNC “reaffirmed” its previous statement to the Washington Examiner on Tuesday.
Fuentes has used his platform to question the number of Jewish people killed in the Holocaust, and he has downplayed the Jim Crow era saying, “Big f***ing deal,” among a litany of similar comments.
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A spokesperson for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
In April, Gosar and fellow GOP House member Marjorie Taylor Greene announced their intentions to create an “America First Caucus” that preaches “Anglo-Saxon political traditions.” At the time, McCarthy broke with them and said, “The Republican Party is the party of Lincoln & the party of more opportunity for all Americans — not nativist dog whistles.”
