Current Events > Arizona congressman doubles down and declares Charlottesville a left wing plot

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http://wapo.st/2hR0FGH

In the aftermath of the summers deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, conspiracy theorists came out in force. It took less than a day for familiar faces such as Alex Jones of Infowars to begin peddling baseless claims that the entire thing was a left-wing plot to stoke racial violence and discredit President Trump.

The allegations ran the gamut: The rally organizer was a deep state operative from Occupy Wall Street. Leftist protesters had dressed up in Nazi regalia. Billionaire investor George Soros had orchestrated the whole thing.

It was all swiftly debunked by stories in PolitiFact, Snopes, Politico and elsewhere.

But Rep. Paul A. Gosar (R-Ariz.) still seems swayed by the false flag theory of the white supremacist violence.

In an interview with Vice News that aired Thursday night, Gosar suggested that the rally was created by the left and carried out by an Obama sympathizer.

The congressman also brought up a thoroughly refuted claim that Soros, a Hungarian-born Jew who survived Nazi occupation during World War II, had collaborated with the Third Reich, prompting a strongly worded condemnation from a Soros spokeswoman.

Gosars remarks also drew a stream of criticism on Twitter. Will other Republicans rebuke him, asked Bill Kristol, editor of the conservative Weekly Standard. If not, is this a party to which one can belong?

That drip-drip-drip of anti-Semitism, wrote science writer Steve Silberman.

A spokesperson for Gosar didnt immediately respond to a message seeking comment early Friday morning.

Gosar made the statements in a segment on his controversial decision to block his critics on social media. At one point the discussion turned to antifa, the anti-fascist activist movement whose adherents have sparred with white supremacists in recent public protests.

In fairness, antifa is in the news because of a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Vices Elspeth Reeve told Gosar.

Well, isnt that interesting. Maybe that was created by the left, he said.

Asked to explain, Gosar responded: Lets look at the person that actually started the rally. 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.

Without evidence, he went on to suggest that Soros may have funded the neo-Nazis who marched in the city.

Nearly identical claims have circulated for some time in far-right circles, many of them promoted by Jones of Infowars, Trump ally Roger Stone, conservative commentator Dinesh DSouza and websites such as Gateway Pundit.

None hold water.

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Gosar isnt the only member of Congress to suggest the violence in Charlottesville was part of a liberal machination. In September, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) called the event a setup for these dumb Civil War reenactors.

It was left-wingers who were manipulating them in order to have this confrontation and put our president on the spot, he told the San Francisco Chronicle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrIc1IM-WEg

How in the fuck do these people still get voted into office?
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It's Arizona, the same state Arpaio is from. Are you really surprised?
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The Great Muta 22 posted...

How in the fuck do these people still get voted into office?

old right wing white people
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Freddie_Mercury posted...

The Great Muta 22 posted...

How in the fuck do these people still get voted into office?

old right wing white people

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Arizona the shit hole of america
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Christ, what a dipshit
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Governing should require you pass a mental health check every year if you fail you are out fucking lunatics man

Halo478 posted...

Governing should require you pass a mental health check every year if you fail you are out fucking lunatics man

Problem with this is that the left defines "Mentally ill Nazis" as "People who disagree with me."
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Normal
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CADE FOSTER posted...

Arizona the shit hole of america

Yeah no. Florida
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steveoSEK posted...

CADE FOSTER posted...

Arizona the shit hole of america

Yeah no. Mississippi

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Freddie_Mercury posted...

The Great Muta 22 posted...

How in the fuck do these people still get voted into office?

old right wing white people

that and they "love" god and hate liberals...that's all some people need to vote, unfortunately.
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Freddie_Mercury posted...

The Great Muta 22 posted...

How in the fuck do these people still get voted into office?

old right wing white people

They pretend the real enemy is Muslim refugees and SJW's and dumb people vote them in.

UnfairRepresent posted...

Problem with this is that the left defines "Mentally ill Nazis" as "People who disagree with me."

I've never heard any claim that.

Old white people actively make the world a worse place
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