GOP congressman promotes anti-Semitic conspiracy theory to constituents: report

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) recently promoted an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory in a newsletter to constituents in which he tried to defend the honor of controversial Trump cabinet pick Tulsi Gabbard.

As the Arizona Mirror reports, Gosar responded to a constituent's question about Gabbard's qualifications to serve as national intelligence director by hailing her lack of experience within the intelligence community as a virtue.

"Many are saying that she has no background in the so-called ‘intelligence community’ that was famously responsible for quashing the Hunter Biden laptop story, fabricating Russia-Gate, replacing Ukraine’s government in 2014, launching a false flag operation on a U.S. naval vessel in coordination with the Israeli government in 1967, perpetrating the Bay of Pigs fiasco, and perhaps even killing President John F. Kennedy,” Gosar replied.

Sarah Kader, deputy regional director of the Anti-Defamation League’s Arizona chapter, told the Arizona Mirror that the claim about the USS Liberty being a "false flag" operation coordinated with Israel is a classic anti-Semitic conspiracy theory meant to portray Jews as underhanded and deceitful.

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“The USS Liberty incident has been historically misused by conspiracy theorists and antisemites to promote harmful narratives targeting the Jewish community and the U.S.-Israel relationship,” she said. “Longstanding conspiracy theories about the USS Liberty have been repeatedly debunked and by referencing it in this context, Gosar perpetuates falsehoods that feed into antisemitic tropes and undermines public discourse.”

Gosar in the past has long courted controversy by appearing at a conference organized by neo-Nazi influencer Nick Fuentes, which the Arizona Republican at the time blamed on a "staffing error."