[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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