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riversedge

(70,311 posts)
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 12:10 AM Sep 2018

Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar's Siblings Endorse Rival in New Campaign Ads

Source: Phoenix new times


Joseph Flaherty | September 21, 2018 | 11:41am


A Democrat running against Arizona Representative Paul Gosar unveiled a powerful series of ads on Thursday that feature six people who denounce Gosar and endorse his rival.

They're Gosar's siblings.


The conservative congressman's family members' video testimonials, which will air on TV soon, are in support of David Brill, a Democrat hoping to unseat Gosar in Arizona's Fourth Congressional District.

The campaign revealed the ads at a fundraiser held at First Studio in Phoenix on Thursday evening. In them, 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. They condemn their brother in striking terms.........................

"It would be difficult to see my brother as anything but a racist." — Congressman Paul Gosar's sister in an ad for his opponent.

Read more: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-congressman-paul-gosars-siblings-endorse-opponent-10849863



Remember Gosar?? He is the Rep who claims he was great at reading body language.

He also has RW supremacists ties. This is a US Representative in OUR HOUSE!!


"Gosar is a strident voice against the DACA program and is bent on constructing Trump's border wall. Last January, he urged the Capitol police to arrest and deport Dreamers who had been invited to attend the State of the Union address, a stunt for which he was swiftly condemned. And over the summer, Gosar flew to London to speak at a rally of an extremist anti-Muslim group."




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Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar has fierce opponents in his re-election campaign: his own family members.
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Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar's Siblings Endorse Rival in New Campaign Ads (Original Post) riversedge Sep 2018 OP
I just saw this spot on Brian Williams' show. 3catwoman3 Sep 2018 #1
Oh, to be a fly on the wall at that families Thanksgiving dinner. groundloop Sep 2018 #2
If they are doing these ads then its a good bet they burned any bridges and cut off cstanleytech Sep 2018 #3
Compelling ad. dchill Sep 2018 #4
In his defense quakerboy Sep 2018 #5
Here is the ad. question everything Sep 2018 #6
Many of us have a Paul Gosar sibling quadtetra Sep 2018 #7
And he is going to win again grantcart Sep 2018 #8
Yep not fooled Sep 2018 #9
Tough love... Maxheader Sep 2018 #10
This has to be a first. marble falls Sep 2018 #11

cstanleytech

(26,322 posts)
3. If they are doing these ads then its a good bet they burned any bridges and cut off
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 12:29 AM
Sep 2018

all communication long ago which means he probably has not been invited to any family holiday dinners for years.
After all a holiday is for celebrating its not for having to put up with a douchebag that ruins both the holiday and dinner.

quakerboy

(13,921 posts)
5. In his defense
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 12:54 AM
Sep 2018

At this point in time, there aren't any Republican reps who don't have rw supremacist ties. Nor any that don't have white supremacist ties.

 

quadtetra

(46 posts)
7. Many of us have a Paul Gosar sibling
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 01:26 AM
Sep 2018

I bet a lot of people here have a "Paul Gosar" type sibling. And if said sibling were running for office, I think most of us would have no issue voting against and campaigning against said sibling.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
8. And he is going to win again
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 02:18 AM
Sep 2018

AZ 4th is the lunatic district in AZ

You must have a note from a board certified Psychiatrist certifying that you are nuts to live there.

He won with 70% last election where Trump won with 68%

Trump did not get 50% in AZ and only won by 3%


His family has publicly denounced him before (I think the fly in from Colorado). Everyone has a big laugh and he wins by huge margins.

If the Democrats win this district it means that the Republican caucus will be so small that they could meet in a McDonalds and only fill half of it up.

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
9. Yep
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 04:16 AM
Sep 2018

he's awful and prevails because his district encompasses the Redneck Riviera (Lake Havasu/Colorado River settlement areas) and lots of rural lands populated by farmers, ranchers, and other descendants of white settlers plus retirees. Lily white and dumb as a box of rocks.

A while back I made the mistake of going to his webpage. It featured a giant photo of a horde of people coming through a gate, with the caption something along the lines of "THEY'RE COMING!!!1!! OMGOMGOMG!!! Clearly designed to scare the rubes about immigrants. I haven't been back since.

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