Thread by @letsgomathias

New: I took a closer look at how a sitting US congressman, @RepGosar, gave a keynote speech at a white nationalist “groyper” conference one week ago, & has since faced little repercussions for doing so.

Is he going get away with this?
huffpost.com/entry/paul-gos…

“Great meeting today with Congressman Gosar,” tweeted Nick Fuentes, a 22-year-old Holocaust denier who once compared Jews killed in Nazi gas chambers to cookies baking in an oven. “America is truly uncancelled.” huffpost.com/entry/paul-gos…

It's hard to overstate how extreme & loathsome Fuentes and his Groyper Army truly are, and why it's an emergency that a US congressman would give them his blessing

I asked 7 prominent GOP politicians if they denounced Gosar. None took the opportunity. huffpost.com/entry/paul-gos…

Gosar could find a cautionary tale in one of his fellow speakers at the white nationalist conference: Steve King.

huffpost.com/entry/paul-gos…

The most concerning part is that @RepGosar appearing at the conference is a major boost for the white nationalist groypers. It's all part of their stragegy of "entryism." huffpost.com/entry/paul-gos…

“The groypers are determined to move their brand of explicit white nationalism deeper into the conservative mainstream,” @BenLorber8 told me. “Securing Gosar’s public support is a disturbing step in that direction..." huffpost.com/entry/paul-gos…

The 7 GOP pols I asked to denounce Gosar — none of whom took the opportunity — all denounced Steve King in 2019.

"Why are Republicans accused of racism?” was the headline of a Tim Scott op-ed at the time. “Because we’re silent on things like this.” huffpost.com/entry/paul-gos…

At any rate, please read the story. I'm essentially making an argument that this should be... a bigger story. huffpost.com/entry/paul-gos…