Other prominent House conservatives sought distance from Gosar and Greene, although not all of them did so directly. Freshman Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) said Greene and Gosar “shouldn’t have been there, but that’s on them. They got to make those decisions for themselves.” He did not support punishing his colleagues internally, saying that question falls to their voters.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) put it this way: “I do not apologize for other members and what they say or what they do. I do not support white supremacists, like Nick Fuentes, period.”

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) went more forcefully after Fuentes: “Nick Fuentes is an asshole.” Roy added that he is “frustrated by colleagues who have chosen to associate in this situation.”

Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), the recently elected leader of the House Freedom Caucus, condemned racism when asked about Greene and Gosar. He declined to criticize either by name, or to criticize Fuentes. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), a co-founder of the Freedom Caucus, took the same approach as Perry.