One could be forgiven for thinking an elected American politician routinely seen hobnobbing alongside Islamophobes, antisemites, and white supremacists as recently as *checks notes* last month would be pushed to resign from office... but c’mon. We’re well beyond ethical standards or accountability in this nation, right? That may be why we’re currently stuck with Republican House Representative Paul Gosar of Arizona, who looks like one of the Nazis pursuing Indiana Jones during Raiders of the Lost Ark, and with the receipts to back it up.
Extensive documentation published earlier in the week by CNN showcases just some of the more explicit ways in which Rep. Gosar used his platform to issue racist, xenophobic, and bigoted dog whistles. Not only that, he has what appears to be a very perplexing congressional nuclear caucus with a membership of one: himself.
