Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) told KFYI-AM that former president Barack Obama was to blame for the feud with six of his siblings who made an advertisement backing his opponent in November’s election.
Said Gosar: “It always hurts, Mike. You know, blood is supposed to be thicker than water. But, you know, this actually details exactly what the left, what Barack Obama actually asked progressives to do, is to get into family and friends, in their face, and not let up.”
Reached at her home in Wyoming, Bernadette Gosar, the 85-year-old mother of Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) and his six siblings who appeared in a brutal ad supporting the Democratic challenger to their brother, said that she was unaware of the video until she was contacted by the New York Times.
Once they were described to her in detail, she said she was “shocked” and “crushed.”
She said she had a “wonderful family” but that the Gosar children in the ad did not relate politically to Paul Gosar or herself: “I share the same philosophy and policies that Paul does. He’s done a hell of a job for Arizona, and they love him.”
HuffPost: “Attack ads are nothing new in the world of politics, but one campaign video targeting an Arizona congressman just hit a new level of ‘whoa.'”
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