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Rep. Gosar Used Pandemic Vote-by-Proxy to Speak at Far-Right Extremist Event Joining Gosar in playing hooky were at least 13 House Republicans Peter Wade, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Last year, the House of Representatives gave its members the option to vote by proxy by designating another member to cast a vote in their absence if the member’s absence was due to the “ongoing public health crisis.” But Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) voted by proxy on Friday so he could also appear at the far-right AFPAC, the right-wing extremist answer to CPAC. And a number of Republicans joined Gosar i...

Gosar attended an event hosted by notorious white nationalist Nick Fuentes, using COVID-19 rules to avoid attending the $1.9 trillion stimulus vote.

Joe Raedle/Getty Images The conference is a white nationalist alternative to CPAC.  Gosar cited special rules introduced by Congress during the pandemic to skip attending the vote in person.  Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona skipped Friday night's vote on the stimulus bill to attend a white nationalist conference in Florida.  Gosar on Friday night was among the attendees of America First Political Action Committee (AFPAC), a far-right alternative to the CPAC conference of conservatives held nearby.  White nationalist activist Nick Fuentes organizes the c...

good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, facebook not making many friends this evening because just a few hours ago, facebook came out with its first earnings report as a big public company. and it did do about what people thought. revenue was up 32% from a year ago. that may sound good but the problem is facebook's shares are taking a big hit. you remember, this is a company that was second biggest stock market launch ever. today facebook shares closed at 26 a share. $26 a share. you see that black diamond-looking ski slope. it's falling even after the market cl...

earnings report as a big public company. and it did do about what people thought. revenue was up 32% from a year ago. that may sound good but the problem is facebook's shares are taking a big hit. you remember, this is a company that was second biggest stock market launch ever. today facebook shares closed at 26 a share. you see that black diamond-looking ski slope. it's falling even after the market closed tonight. down about 30% from where it went public. this obviously has hurt a lot of people who struggled to try to get shares of this ipo. why are people so nervous? there's one w...