Paul Gosar also spoke at far-right conference as calls for the censure of the two Republicans ring out again
“I’m reminded of that old line from the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid movie,” the Utah senator and 2012 presidential nominee told CNN’s State of the Union., ‘Morons. I’ve got morons on my team.’ I have to think anybody that would sit down with white nationalists and speak at their conference was certainly missing a few IQ points.”
Greene, from Georgia, and Gosar, from Arizona, spoke at the America First Political Action Conference, or AFPAC, organised by the far-right activist Nick Fuentes. Greene defended her attendance, saying she did not know Fuentes or endorse his views., familiar from previous instances of extreme behaviour, rang out again on Saturday.
“Quite simply, the longer [House Republican leader] Kevin McCarthy gives Marjorie Taylor Greene an unfettered platform and promises to elevate her, the more complicit he is.”: “White supremacy, neo-Nazism, hate speech and bigotry are disgusting and do not have a home in the Republican party.” But McDaniel and McCarthy lead a party in which the far right is strong, former president Donald Trump its figurehead.