[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 80 (Wednesday, May 11, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E486]
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                         RESPONDING TO SLANDER

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                           HON. PAUL A. GOSAR

                               of arizona

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 11, 2022

  Mr. GOSAR. Madam Speaker, without bothering to corroborate the facts, 
a Congressman from California called me a ``white nationalist'' for my 
supposed attendance at an event that I never attended. He was wrong 
factually in saying I attended two such events. I did not go to any 
such events.
  He uses the term ``white nationalist.'' A ``white nationalist'' is 
someone who is white who wants a nation of only white people. I have 
never endorsed such a view. Ever. You will never find words I have said 
or actions I have taken that support the creation of a white 
ethnostate. Yet he cavalierly throws this out.
  Slander is the left's go-to move to silence those they disagree with 
politically. For the last seven years they have attempted 
(unsuccessfully) to brand former President Donald Trump as a racist. 
Simply because President Trump believes, with a solid evidentiary 
basis, that there were electoral irregularities, they call him racist. 
Because he believes in a strong border and national security, they call 
him a racist. President Trump pursues an America First foreign policy--
they call him racist.
  And it's not just racism. Pick a phobia, and if you are standing up 
for the Constitution and its values, you are probably one. If you 
believe children as young as Kindergarten should not be sexually 
groomed and sexually indoctrinated in school--you are a ``hater'' and 
``phobic.'' I will continue to object and fight against any person or 
group that tries to sexualize children. Call me names but children 
cannot be sexualized by drag queens and mentally ill people who are 
confused by their gender.
  And if none of those apply, they can always just fall back on calling 
you crazy or a conspiracy theorist. We have seen for years now that 
today's ``conspiracy theory'' is tomorrow's confirmed fact. If you 
believe there may be some health risks to a vaccine--conspiracy. If you 
believe climate change is more a tool for gaining power than anything 
to do about science--conspiracy. If you believe critical race theory is 
taught in our schools--crazy.
  Cancel culture is a disease eating away at this country from the 
inside. Cancel culture is doing more damage than a hostile foreign 
power could only imagine doing--weakening our borders, potentially 
involving us in calamitous foreign conflicts, teaching our citizens to 
hate their country. In order to preserve all we hold dear, we must 
reject the libels and continue to boldly stand for truth. Know that I 
for one will not be intimidated.

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