[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 623 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 623
Censuring Paul Gosar, Representative of the 9th Congressional District
of Arizona.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 27, 2023
Ms. Wasserman Schultz (for herself, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr.
Landsman, Ms. Manning, Mr. Phillips, and Mr. Sherman) submitted the
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ethics
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RESOLUTION
Censuring Paul Gosar, Representative of the 9th Congressional District
of Arizona.
Whereas, on July 23, 2023, Representative Paul Gosar used official House of
Representatives resources to communicate with his constituents in the
form of a weekly newsletter to promote a fringe website that--
(1) refers to the Holocaust as ``the Holohoax'' throughout their site;
(2) encourages those who visit the site to ``stand up for Hitler''
multiple times;
(3) posts and promotes several antisemitic statements and conspiracy
theories; and
(4) promotes baseless and dangerous conspiracy theories and rhetoric
ranging from Holocaust denial, defending Adolf Hitler, vaccine hesitancy,
attacking the ``deep state'' including our Nation's civil servants, and
promoting antisemitism and racism;
Whereas, in the days leading up to Representative Gosar mentioning this site in
his newsletter, there were no fewer than four posts on the site
promoting extreme and antisemitic positions, including--
(1) a post dated July 22, 2023, stated: ``David Cole, a Jew, explores
Auschwitz and debunks the claims that it was an industrial death camp--
still on YouTube for now but as more countries outlaw questioning the
`holocaust,' it is uploaded here in case it is removed to censor
inconvenient evidence'';
(2) a post dated July 21, 2023, stated: ``Making Adolf Hitler into a
Jewish-controlled agent is quite a brilliant plot by International Jewry to
divert newcomers away from learning the true history and background of
National Socialism (Slavery). Don't be fooled! . . . Stand up for Hitler
and National Socialism (Slavery)!!'';
(3) a post dated July 20, 2023, links to and mentions a post from
another known antisemitic site: ``Untrue stories exist at each end of
Jewish history's three thousand years--fictional, fabricated and of immense
magnitude . . . Towards the end of the 20th century as belief in the origin
stories was fading away, the Holohoax morphed into a fearsome modern
religion, in which belief is compulsory''; and
(4) a post dated July 17, 2023, stated: ``the Kalergi Plan consists of
the genocide of white people through miscegenation and mass immigration of
non-whites to Europe. . . . Hitler was aware of Kalergi's plan and did
everything in his power to prevent it. Like Gobineau, Hitler considered the
Aryan race to be the noblest, the best armed for the struggle for
existence, the most beautiful, the most energetic, and the one with the
greatest amount of creative genius. What this race lost by mixing it was
not compensated by what the others gained by ennoblement'';
Whereas Representative Gosar promoted the site as a part of his newsletter's
``Gosar in the News and Other Must Read Stories'' on July 23, 2023, in
addition to two other references on April 7, 2023, and August 7, 2022;
Whereas, in April 2023, the day before Holocaust Remembrance Day, Representative
Gosar promoted an antisemitic website that featured posts denying the
Holocaust, praising Adolf Hitler as ``a man of valor,'' and spreading
common antisemitic tropes, in response to said website publishing an
article titled ``Congressman Gosar: Jewish warmongers Nuland & Blinken
`Are Dangerous Fools Who Can Get Us All Killed,' but Representative
Gosar removed `Jewish''' from the title of the article prior to sharing
it on social media, indicating a recognition that the title of the
article was antisemitic;
Whereas Representative Gosar shared a tweet in October 2022 that read, ``Pray
for Kanye West. They will throw everything they have at him simply for
speaking the truth'' in response to Mr. West sharing Nazi imagery,
including a swastika, threatening violence against Jewish people, and
engaging in hateful stereotypes regarding Jewish people;
Whereas Representative Gosar has on several occasions publicly supported and
appeared alongside self-described White nationalists, including
Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes, at public conferences and events;
Whereas Representative Gosar has routinely sought out support, advice, and
assistance from, and provided employment and the corresponding gains and
benefits therein to, individuals and groups with alleged ties to
antisemitic, neo-Nazi, and other extremist groups;
Whereas Representative Gosar frequently engaged in these activities using
resources, including funds, technology, and personnel, provided by the
House of Representatives at taxpayer expense;
Whereas Representative Gosar has demonstrated a clear pattern of engaging in
antisemitism and extremism and has not demonstrated any remorse or
indicated any willingness to change the course of his actions;
Whereas Representative Gosar's activities promote hate when antisemitic
incidents are at an all-time high in the United States, with the Anti-
Defamation League's Audit of Antisemitic Incidents finding that the year
2022 had the highest number on record since beginning to track in 1979;
Whereas the right to free speech, which all Representatives are committed to
defending, does not provide a justification for a Representative to use
his or her platform to contribute to the spread of hate;
Whereas the leadership of the Republican Party has failed to hold Representative
Gosar to account while claiming to support the Jewish-American community
and counter antisemitism;
Whereas Representative Gosar's actions tarnish the honor of the House of
Representatives and must not be tolerated; and
Whereas the House of Representatives has an obligation to confront and condemn
antisemitism in all its manifestations: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That--
(1) Representative Paul Gosar be censured;
(2) Representative Paul Gosar present himself in the well
of the House of Representatives for the pronouncement of
censure; and
(3) Representative Paul Gosar be censured with the public
reading of this resolution by the Speaker.
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