Paul Gosar

Paul Anthony Gosar[1] (/ˈɡoʊsɑːr/; born November 27, 1958) is an American politician and former dentist who serves as the U.S. Representative for Arizona's 4th congressional district since 2013. A Republican, he was elected in 2010 to represent the neighboring 1st congressional district until redistricting. Gosar's district includes most of rural western Arizona, as well as a number of suburbs of Phoenix.

Paul Gosar
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Arizona
Assumed office
January 3, 2011
Preceded byAnn Kirkpatrick
Constituency1st district (2011–2013)
4th district (2013–present)
Personal details
Born
Paul Anthony Gosar

(1958-11-27) November 27, 1958
Rock Springs, Wyoming, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Maude Gosar
Children3
EducationCreighton University (BS, DDS)
WebsiteHouse website

Early life

Gosar was born in Rock Springs, Wyoming, on November 27, 1958.[2][3] He is the oldest of the seven sons and three daughters[4][5] born to Antone John Gosar and Bernadette M. (née Erramouspe) Gosar. His paternal grandparents were Slovenian and his maternal grandparents were Basque immigrants from Banca, France.[6] Gosar was raised in Pinedale, Wyoming, and graduated from Pinedale High School in 1977.[7] His parents have been described as devoted Republicans who attended the national conventions for former presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald Ford. Gosar's brother Pete Gosar is a former chairman of the Wyoming Democratic Party and was a candidate for governor of Wyoming in 2010[4][8] and 2014.[9]

Education

In 1981 Gosar received his B.A. from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1985 he earned his D.D.S. from the Boyne School of Dentistry at Creighton.[2]

Career

Dentistry

From 1989 to 2010 Gosar had a dentistry practice in Flagstaff, Arizona.[2] In 2001 Gosar was the Arizona Dental Association's "Dentist of the Year". He was inducted into the ADA Hall of Fame and served as its president. Gosar was also president of the Northern Arizona Dental Society and vice-chair of the ADA council on governmental affairs.[10]

U.S. House of Representatives

2010 election
Main article: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona § District 1

In 2009 Gosar, who had never run for elected office before, announced that he would challenge Democratic incumbent Ann Kirkpatrick in the 1st district in the 2010 elections. He was identified as a Tea Party candidate by The New York Times because the Arizona Tea Party featured him on its website.[11]

Gosar won the Republican primary. He was endorsed by former Alaska governor Sarah Palin and three Arizona county sheriffs: Maricopa County's Joe Arpaio, Coconino County's Joe Richards, and Pinal County's Paul Babeu.[12] Kirkpatrick challenged him to five debates across the district.[13][14] Gosar initially agreed to one debate, but later withdrew. He released a statement explaining that his decision to withdraw from the debate was based on the long drive to and from the television station, KAET in Phoenix, which had organized the debate,[15] but a producer at KAET said that Gosar's staff had told the station that the candidate could not participate in the debate because he would be attending a fundraiser instead.[16]

Gosar defeated Kirkpatrick in the November 2010 general election, taking 49.7 percent of the vote.

2012 election
Main article: 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona § District 4

Gosar initially planned to seek reelection in the 1st district, which had been made less favorable to Republicans as a result of redistricting,[17] but with Kirkpatrick priming for a rematch, he changed his mind and announced in January 2012 that he would run in the newly created 4th district. The 4th had absorbed much of the western portion of the old 1st district, and was heavily Republican. Gosar rented an apartment in Prescott, which he claimed as his official residence.[18] He claimed he would eventually buy a home in the district. As of 2018, he had not done so and continues to claim his Flagstaff property as his primary residence. [19]

Gosar initially faced a tough primary fight against Babeu, but Babeu pulled out in May 2012 due to allegations of abuse of power.[20] Gosar defeated former state senator Ron Gould and businessman Rick Murphy in the Republican primary, all but assuring him a second term in Congress. In the November general election, he defeated Democratic challenger Johnnie Robinson with 67 percent of the vote.[21]

2018 election
Main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona § District 4
Gosar speaking at the 2018 Arizona Manufacturing Summit in Phoenix, Arizona

In September 2018 six of Gosar's nine siblings spoke out against their brother and endorsed his Democratic opponent, David Brill, in a series of television campaign ads that drew national and international coverage.[22][23] In the first ad, sisters Grace and Jennifer, both identified as health care providers, told viewers that their brother did not care about people in rural Arizona. In another ad, called "A family defends its honor," brother David Gosar, a lawyer, declared, "We've got to stand up for our good name. This is not who we are." Paul Gosar responded to the ads on Twitter, describing his siblings as "disgruntled Hillary supporters" who "put political ideology before family".[23]

Gosar defeated Brill in the November 2018 general election with 68.2% of the vote.

Political positions

Abortion

Gosar describes himself as pro-life. He cosponsored the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, a bill that would make permanent restrictions on federal funding of abortions in the US,[24] and the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, an act placing restrictions on abortions in the District of Columbia.[25] Gosar was given a 100% rating by the National Right to Life Committee, a pro-life interest group, and a 0% rating by NARAL (National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League), a pro-choice interest group.[26]

Animal welfare

As of 2020, Gosar has a "0" out of 100 rating from the Humane Society of the United States.[27] Gosar supports updating the Endangered Species Act, calling it "status quo" and "costly, burdensome and uncertain."[28]

Boycott of Pope Francis

On September 17, 2015, in an op-ed on the conservative website Townhall.com, Gosar announced that he would not attend Pope Francis's planned address to a joint meeting of Congress unless the Pope spoke about issues such as "violent Islam" or Planned Parenthood instead of climate change. He wrote that he would treat the Pope the same way he believes "leftist politicians" should be treated.[29] Gosar accused Francis of having "adopted all of the socialist talking points, wrapped false science and ideology into 'climate justice' and is being presented to guilt people into leftist policies."[30] He called climate science "questionable" and criticized Laudato si', Francis's encyclical on the environment.[29]

Gosar did not attend Francis's September 24 address, the only member of Congress not to do so.[31][32] Shortly after Francis's visit, Gosar used his opposition to Francis's addresses as a fundraising tool.[31][32] A fundraising email for Gosar used his Townhall.com op-ed's catchphrase, "When the Pope chooses to act and talk like a leftist politician, then he can expect to be treated like one",[4] and positioned Gosar as the victim of "unprecedented attacks" from "the liberals, the left-wing media and the Obama political machine."[32]

Cannabis

Gosar received an "F" grade from marijuana legalization advocacy group NORML.[33]

Economy

Gosar voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.[34]

Environment

In 2015 Gosar scored 3% on the National Environmental Scorecard of the League of Conservation Voters, in part because he is a global warming denier. On January 30, 2017, he introduced House Joint resolution 46, which would repeal the authority of the National Park Service to decline private drilling for oil, gas and minerals in 40 U.S. National Parks if the Park Service determines that the mining operation would threaten the environment. The Washington Post said Gosar was "no friend of environmentalists."[35][36][37]

In September 2015 Gosar submitted articles of impeachment against EPA administrator Gina McCarthy, asserting that she had committed "high crimes and misdemeanors" and "lied to the American people in order to force misguided and overreaching regulations, which have no scientific basis, down our throats."[38] An EPA spokeswoman said Gosar's resolution "has zero merit and is nothing more than political theater" while fellow Republican and House majority leader Kevin McCarthy confirmed that "There's no plan to impeach Gina McCarthy."[39]

Foreign policy

In 2019 Gosar signed a letter led by Representative Ro Khanna and Senator Rand Paul to President Trump asserting that it is "long past time to rein in the use of force that goes beyond congressional authorization" and that they hoped this would "serve as a model for ending hostilities in the future—in particular, as you and your administration seek a political solution to our involvement in Afghanistan.”[40][41]

Guns

Gosar has stated that the "Second Amendment is one of the most important rights set forth by the Bill of Rights" and that he will "continue to oppose efforts to restrict, infringe, or remove this constitutionally protected right."[42] He was endorsed by the NRA (National Rifle Association) and given a rating of 92%. He was also endorsed by Gun Owners of America and given a rating of 75%.[43]

Immigration

He was given an "A" rating by NumbersUSA, an anti-immigration organization that seeks to reduce legal immigration.[44]

The Arizona Republic described Gosar as "one of the staunchest opponents in Congress to legalizing undocumented dreamers".[45] Gosar stated, "I strongly believe we need to immediately secure our border and oppose amnesty for anyone who blatantly violates our law."[46] He has cosponsored legislation to repeal the 14th Amendment, thus eliminating birthright citizenship for children born in the US to undocumented immigrants.[47][48] In a May 2018 interview he accused immigration attorneys providing legal advice to undocumented immigrants of committing a crime: "What we need to do is also hold those that are actually helping — what they're saying is help, but assisting in a crime — to be prosecuted as well."[49]

Gosar supports the building of the Trump wall. He believes it will help stop MS-13 gang activity in the United States.[50]

Steve King

In 2019, Gosar sought to reinstate Representative Steve King to the House committees. King had been removed from due to a series of racist remarks.[51]

Militias

In April 2014, Gosar joined a group of five conservative Arizona state legislators at the Bundy Standoff in Bunkerville, Nevada, where grazing fee resistors and their supporters took up arms against Federal Bureau of Land Management and law enforcement officials.[52] The confrontation ended when federal officials chose not to take further action.

Native Americans

In December 2014 Gosar drew controversy when he referred to American Indians as "wards of the federal government". He was responding to concerns from members of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation in eastern Arizona when he made the comment at the round-table talk in Flagstaff. The discussion had addressed the proposal to swap 2,400 acres of southeastern Arizona's Tonto National Forest for about 5,300 acres of environmentally sensitive land. The proposal, which was attached as a rider to the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act, would give land sacred to the Apache in Arizona to Resolution Copper Mine, a joint venture owned by Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton. Troy Eid, a Republican and former U.S. Attorney in Colorado, responded to Gosar's comments, "In the heated context of what this represents, it's especially inappropriate to be resorting to what amounts to race baiting." A Gosar spokesperson said his comments were misconstrued.[53]

Tommy Robinson

In July 2018 Gosar spoke at a rally in London in support of former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson, emphasizing the importance of the right to free speech.[54] Gosar and six other congressmen invited Robinson to speak to the Conservative Opportunity Society on November 14, 2018, while he was visiting the United States on a trip sponsored by the Middle East Forum and the David Horowitz Freedom Center.[55]

Treason accusations against the FBI and DOJ

In February 2018, Gosar posted on his Facebook page that the so-called Nunes memo showed "clear and convincing evidence" that certain members of the FBI and Justice Department committed treason.[56][57] He also specifically said conduct by James Comey, Andrew McCabe, Sally Yates and Rod Rosenstein was "not just criminal but constitutes treason." In what Gosar referred to as "My full statement on the declassified memo", he said he would be "leading [sic] a letter to the Attorney General seeking criminal prosecution against these traitors to our nation."

Unite the Right rally
Paul Gosar with Donald Trump in 2019

In an October 2017 interview with Vice News, Gosar suggested that the white nationalist Unite the Right rally had been "created by the left", an idea previously expressed by Alex Jones of Infowars, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), Dinesh D’Souza, and others.[58] Gosar also suggested that Jason Kessler, the organizer of the Charlottesville rally, may have been backed by George Soros, who he described as having "turned in his own people to the Nazis".[59] During the Nazi occupation of Budapest, at the age of 14 years old, George Soros participated in the confiscation of property from the Jews.[60] [61] Seven of Gosar's siblings wrote an open letter to the Kingman (Arizona) Daily Miner newspaper denouncing Gosar's claims about Soros as "despicable slander...without a shred of truth", saying the congressman "owes George Soros a personal apology."[62]

Committee assignments
  • Committee on Natural Resources
  • Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
    • Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives, vice-chair
    • Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations
    • Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency and Financial Management

Caucus memberships

As of November 2017, Gosar is a member of dozens of House caucuses. They include:

Fake Obama tweet image

On January 6, 2020, Gosar tweeted a doctored photograph that showed former President Barack Obama meeting Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, with the caption: "The world is a better place without these guys in power". The encounter never happened; the picture was a photoshopped version of one showing Obama meeting former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh. The photojournalist Daniel Medina pointed out that Rouhani was still in power and condemned Gosar's attempt to spread disinformation.[70][71] To widespread criticism, Gosar said, "No one said this wasn't photoshopped". The photoshopped image was also featured in a 2015 TV ad for Senator Ron Johnson.[72]

Electoral history
Arizona's 1st congressional district Republican primary election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Gosar 21,941 30.73
Republican Sydney Hay 16,328 22.87
Republican Bradley Beauchamp 11,356 15.91
Republican Russell "Rusty" Bowers 10,552 14.78
Republican Steve Mehta 5,846 8.19
Republican Thomas Zaleski 2,105 2.95
Republican Jon Jensen 1,736 2.43
Republican Joe Jaraczewski 1,530 2.14
Arizona's 1st congressional district election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Gosar 112,816 49.77
Democratic Ann Kirkpatrick (inc.) 99,233 43.73
Libertarian Nicole Patti 14,869 6.55
Arizona's 4th congressional district Republican primary election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Gosar (inc.) 40,033 51.35
Republican Ron Gould 24,617 31.57
Republican Rick Murphy 13,315 17.08
Arizona's 4th congressional district election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Gosar (inc.) 162,907 66.83
Democratic Johnnie Robinson 69,154 28.37
Libertarian Joe Parnelia 9,306 3.82
Americans Elect Richard Grayson 2,393 0.98
Arizona's 4th congressional district election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Gosar (inc.) 122,560 69.96
Democratic Mike Weisser 45,179 25.79
Libertarian Chris Rike 7,440 4.25
Arizona's 4th congressional district election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Gosar (inc.) 203,487 71.5
Democratic Mikel Weisser 81,296 28.5
Arizona's 4th congressional district election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Gosar (inc.) 188,842 68.2
Democratic David Brill 84,521 30.5
Green Haryaksha Gregor Knauer 3,672 1.3

Personal life

Gosar's wife is Maude Gosar. They have three children.[2]

See also

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Ann Kirkpatrick		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Arizona's 1st congressional district
2011–2013		 Succeeded by
Ann Kirkpatrick
Preceded by
Ed Pastor		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Arizona's 4th congressional district
2013–present		 Incumbent
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by
Bob Gibbs		 United States Representatives by seniority
160th		 Succeeded by
Morgan Griffith
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