Gosar’s siblings press for his removal from Congress: ‘Traitor to this country’

Siblings of Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) are saying he should be removed from Congress for backing former President Trump‘s false claims of a stolen election and widespread voter fraud.

“I consider him a traitor to this country. I consider him a traitor to his family,” Dave Gosar, a Wyoming attorney and one of Gosar’s nine brothers and sisters, told NBC News. “He doesn’t see it. He’s disgraced and dishonored himself.”

Since Trump lost the election, Paul Gosar has been one of the former president’s most vocal supporters in the House and has been met with widespread condemnation for a tweet on Jan. 6, the day Trump supporters carried out rioting at the U.S. Capitol.

During a protest of the 2020 election results at the Arizona Capitol in December, Gosar told a group of Trump supporters, “Once we conquer the Hill, Donald Trump is returned to being the president.”

“I was concerned before,” Jennifer Gosar, another sibling, told NBC about the riot and her brother’s rhetoric. “I was horrified during, and I’m shocked that he’s not censured now, that there hasn’t been a process for expulsion. I mean, I think all the elements are clear. And maybe there’s something I’m missing, but they’re not acting on it to really allay any fears of the public.”

Paul Gosar’s nine brothers and sisters first gained national attention when they came out in support of the Democratic challenger for his House seat representing Arizona’s 4th Congressional District.

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