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vanlassie

(5,670 posts)
2. He is not well. Too bad no one cares about him
Sat Jan 15, 2022, 09:27 PM
Jan 2022

enough to get him the help he clearly needs. Must have burned all his bridges.

SCantiGOP

(13,870 posts)
3. Didn't his family try to have him committed?
Sat Jan 15, 2022, 09:31 PM
Jan 2022

Imagine how bad you would have to be for your own family to denounce you publicly and say you had lost your mind.

Demovictory9

(32,456 posts)
13. in 2015 he addressed questions about his health. was trying to hide spasms 6 years ago
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 04:32 AM
Jan 2022
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/politics/2015/08/28/rep-paul-gosar-addresses-health-rumors/32366009/

U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., has for months tried to mask spasms in his left hand by tucking his hands in his pockets, under tables or clutching them behind his back, fueling speculation he was fighting a health issue that could force his retirement.

The three-term congressman in an exclusive interview with The Arizona Republic vowed the condition won’t keep him from serving or running for re-election in 2016.

Gosar, 56, said arthritis and two compressed vertebrae in his neck and lower back have caused nerve issues in his hand. The condition will require back surgery, which he hasn’t scheduled. In addition, he is dealing with complications from a hip replacement last summer.

“I’m as healthy as a horse,” he told The Republic earlier this month.

leftieNanner

(15,100 posts)
5. I choose not to listen
Sat Jan 15, 2022, 09:34 PM
Jan 2022

Don't need to amplify his voice with clicks. He does seem ill in other videos. Wish his constituents would retire him.

Thanks for sharing anyway.

blogslug

(38,000 posts)
6. He has said he has arthritis and compressed vertebrae
Sat Jan 15, 2022, 09:37 PM
Jan 2022

That doesn't look like those things. Maybe side effects from medication?

Takket

(21,568 posts)
7. these guys never cease to amaze......
Sat Jan 15, 2022, 09:41 PM
Jan 2022

you would think a normal person, having helped a coup and feeling the breath of law enforcement on the back of their neck, would kind of keep a low profile. maybe have trouble sleeping at night... not these guys, they lean right into it with impunity.

FakeNoose

(32,639 posts)
10. That weird tic reminds me of Michael J. Fox
Sat Jan 15, 2022, 10:08 PM
Jan 2022

... before he told everyone that he had Parkinson's Disease.

Just sayin'

KT2000

(20,577 posts)
11. Have thought that too
Sat Jan 15, 2022, 10:47 PM
Jan 2022

He has trouble verbalizing as well. He could also be on anti-psychotic medicine which can cause uncontrolled muscle movements. No matter what - there is something terribly wrong with him.

littlemissmartypants

(22,656 posts)
12. Reminds me of ALS with some tardive dyskinesia rolled in
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 03:39 AM
Jan 2022

Or as my gran might say, "There's nothing wrong with him but pure meanness."

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