‘Heil Hitler’: Social Media Posts From Paul Gosar’s Ex-Staffers Are About as Racist As You Would Expect

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Two of Rep. Paul Gosar’s (R-AZ) former staffers were accused of being outright racists and anti-Semites in an exposé reported by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy with the Arizona Mirror.

The publication confirmed that former staffers Alexander Katsnelson and Samuel King were originally hired as interns in Gosar’s congressional office. Talking Points Memo revealed that a third staffer named Wade Searle was a “high-ranking member” of  white supremacist Nick Fuentes‘ “Groyper” organization.

One X account posted photos of the two men, along with their X handles.

Neither Katnelson, King, nor Searle currently works for Gosar.

The Mirror reported:

King interned for Gosar in May and June 2023. King used his account on X, formerly Twitter, to voice his support for white nationalist leader Fuentes and air deeply misogynistic, racist, antisemitic and homophobic beliefs. King also called the events of Jan. 6, 2021, the “best day ever.”

King has since made his X account private, though many of his posts were archived and can still be viewed.

Some of King’s archived tweets:

Katsnelson worked with Gosar as an intern for two stints between September 2021 and June 2022. After that, he was hired on as a “temporary employee” until August 2022.

Posts on X by an account previously named “RepGosarCreator” included memes and images created for Gosar that the congressman would later post on his social media, including the infamous anime video depicting Gosar killing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, which led to Gosar being formally censured.

The Mirror continued that Katsnelson’s account  praised Adolf Hitler, the Third Reich, and posted Nazi imagery.

“This is my 88th xeet, Heil Hitler,” the account said, using a portmanteau to describe posting on X. The number 88 holds significance for neo-Nazis: The eighth letter of the alphabet is H, and it is used as shorthand for “Heil Hitler.”

Gosar has been accused of surrounding himself with white supremacists and of using “white nationalist rhetoric.” He was censured by Congress for posting a violent anime clip depicting him attacking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). The video has since been deleted from Gosar’s X account.

Read the Arizona Mirror article here.

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