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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCongressman fuels anti-semitic conspiracy that nazis in charlottesville were funded by George Soros
Far-right and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories have a pernicious way of bubbling over into the mainstream these days. An example of this emerged Thursday, when Vice News interviewed Representative Paul Gosar, an Arizona Republican who was elected to office in 2013. He apparently believes that the doomed Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginiaduring which opposition activist Heather Heyer was allegedly murdered by white nationalist James Fields in a car-ramming incidentwas masterminded by philanthropist George Soros.
Yes, really, the theory is that the Jewish business magnate backed the neo-Nazis and white supremacists.
Lets look at the person that actually started the rally, Gosar says, referring to white nationalist Jason Kessler. Its come to our attention that this is a person from Occupy Wall Street that was an Obama sympathizer. So wait a minute, be careful where you start taking these people to.
You know, you know, George Soros is one of those people that actually helps back these individuals, he says. Who is he? I think hes from Hungary. I think he was Jewish. And I think he turned in his own people to the Nazis.
Yes, really, the theory is that the Jewish business magnate backed the neo-Nazis and white supremacists.
Lets look at the person that actually started the rally, Gosar says, referring to white nationalist Jason Kessler. Its come to our attention that this is a person from Occupy Wall Street that was an Obama sympathizer. So wait a minute, be careful where you start taking these people to.
You know, you know, George Soros is one of those people that actually helps back these individuals, he says. Who is he? I think hes from Hungary. I think he was Jewish. And I think he turned in his own people to the Nazis.
http://www.newsweek.com/congressman-anti-semitic-conspiracy-nazis-charlottesville-george-soros-679737
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Congressman fuels anti-semitic conspiracy that nazis in charlottesville were funded by George Soros (Original Post)
spanone
Oct 2017
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Wounded Bear
(58,656 posts)1. Soros is kind of a focal point for them...
They think he is the ultimate liberal, and anything evil in the world is financed by him.
Funny how they don't seem to know who the Koch Bros or the Mercer group are.
spanone
(135,833 posts)2. it amazes me how ignorant a member of congress can be......
Wounded Bear
(58,656 posts)3. I tend to assume that their ignorance is feigned...
I choose to believe it's intentional.