The siblings of one Republican congressman are taking familial rivalries to the next level.
Three siblings of Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar reached out to Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva in recent days, urging him to get their brother expelled from Congress for what they say is his responsibility in inciting the violence that occurred at the Capitol as Congress was certifying the election results for President-elect Joe Biden, according to Arizona Central.
“We know him to be an extremist and we took that very seriously,” said Jennifer Gosar, one of Paul Gosar’s nine siblings. “I believe that my brother has been a constant perpetrator of misinformation. … I’ve been incredulous at the lack of accountability thus far. I would think Wednesday would be certainly a line.”
“He’s set a dangerous sort of precedent along the 10 years he’s been in office,” said Tim Gosar of Fort Collins, Colorado. “When you talk about what happened the other day, you’re talking about treason. You’re talking about overthrowing the government. That’s what this is. If that doesn’t rise to the level of expulsion, what does?”
Another brother, David, accused his brother of having “parroted the exact same lies Trump has” about the election.
“Five people are dead and Congress has been attacked,” David Gosar said. “Somebody has to pay a penalty for it.”
Grijalva acknowledged receiving the letter but emphasized that his primary objective is “removing the president from office as soon as possible,” even though he noted that “we must not overlook the role that some Members of Congress played in promoting the baseless conspiracies that led to Wednesday’s siege of the Capitol.”
Gosar has long promoted the unsubstantiated claims that President Trump actually won the election and that it was somehow stolen from him. He contested the election results even after the attack at the Capitol, which left five dead. He also claimed, without evidence, that antifa was responsible for the chaos at the Capitol.
This isn’t the first time Gosar’s family has come out against him. In the lead up to the 2018 election, six of them joined together endorsing his Democratic challenger, with Grace Gosar saying, “It would be difficult to see my brother as anything but a racist.”
