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Thu Oct 12, 2017, 05:39 PM Oct 2017

Paul Gosar ends Facebook blocks; family feud erupts over Vice comments

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Paul Gosar ends Facebook blocks; family feud erupts over Vice comments

Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar is reopening his Facebook page to critics after facing a constituent lawsuit and national ridicule for an appearance on national TV last week in which he touted conspiracy theories.

That interview also exposed a deep-seated family rift, with Gosar's brother repulsed by the congressman's comments and warning that he would not let views aiding racists and anti-semites go unchallenged.

In the interview with Vice News that aired on HBO, Gosar veered from discussing intemperate language on Facebook to raising far-right conspiracy theories. He suggested the deadly Charlottesville white supremacist rally was the work of a supporter of former President Barack Obama and that liberal activist George Soros had turned Jews over to the Nazis as a boy.

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Gosar's brother, David Gosar, who is a Wyoming lawyer, was so disgusted by the Soros comments and the effect it has on the family name that he offered to represent Morgaine in her lawsuit. He said in an interview with The Arizona Republic that eight of Gosar's nine siblings don't share his far-right views and suggested the family could become more vocal.

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2017/10/12/z-paul-gosar-lifts-facebook-blocks-family-feud-erupts-over-vice-news-comments/758043001/

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