Gosar has a long history of flirting with and forwarding dangerous conspiracy theories like QAnon and birtherism. He blamed the white nationalist violence in Charlottesville in 2017 on an “Obama sympathizer” and promoted a debunked theory that philanthropist George Soros was a Nazi sympathizer.
Yet, I still didn’t think Gosar would sink to this. Why?
Because last year, when Gosar’s colleague, Arizona Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (a Democrat from Tucson), revealed that she struggled with alcoholism and would take time off for treatment, Gosar responded with kindness, not snark.