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6 siblings of Arizona congressman urge voters to boot him from office

By QUINT FORGEY

Talk about family drama.

Six of Republican Rep. Paul Gosar's nine siblings set tongues wagging in Arizona and beyond with some of the more memorable ads of the year, urging voters of the state's 4th congressional district to boot him from office in November.

The brothers and sisters instead encouraged voters to cast their ballots for the congressman’s Democratic opponent, David Brill, who surfaced the three spots on his YouTube page Friday. They quickly went viral.

One ad — entitled, “A Family Defends Its Honor” — opens with David Gosar, a lawyer.

“None of this is pleasant for any of us,” he said.

“It’s horrible to have to do this,” added Jennifer, a medical interpreter.

“To speak up against my brother, it brings sadness to me,” Joan, an engineer, echoed.

But as Grace, a physician, put it: “I couldn’t be quiet any longer. Nor should any of us be.”

“It’s intervention time,” said Tim, a private investigator. “And intervention time means that you go to vote, and you go to vote Paul out.”

Another of Paul Gosar’s brothers, Gaston, makes an appearance, too.

In a different ad, “Paul Gosar Is Not Working For You,” the siblings lambaste their brother’s performance on Capitol Hill, claiming he “isn’t doing anything to help rural America.” They also blast him on such issues as jobs, health care, Social Security and environmental policy.

“He’s not listening to you,” Tim said. “And he doesn't have your interests at heart.”

The congressman hit back at his family members in a series of tweets on Saturday, writing: “Not one of my siblings lives in Arizona and my opponent's policies are out of sync with what Arizona wants and the country needs. I will not be deterred from fighting for our conservative values regardless of these attacks.”

He also tweeted that his siblings featured in the ads “are all liberal Democrats” and “hate” President Donald Trump.

“These disgruntled Hillary suppporters are related by blood to me but like leftists everywhere, they put political ideology before family,” he wrote. “Stalin would be proud.”

His family's rejection notwithstanding, Gosar won't be easy to beat. His district is solidly Republican, and the three-term congressman won his most recent race for reelection in 2016 with more than 70 percent of the vote.