Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., right, and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, receive applause from Republicans inside the House Chamber on Capitol Hill Jan. 6 in Washington, for objecting to Arizona's votes during a joint session to certify the 2020 presidential election. Three of Gosar's siblings have called for his expulsion from the House. (CNS/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)
While many Catholic families across the United States have struggled with ideological and political division in our increasingly polarized democracy, few have received as much national and international attention as the Gosars.
"The U.S. government is as fractured as my family," Bernadette Gosar, an 87-year-old mother of 10 adult children from Pinedale, Wyoming, told NCR. "This has been the most hurtful part of my life."