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News White Supremacist Politicians Won’t Win — But They’re Still A Problem
Arthur Jones is not a winner. True, he clinched the Republican nomination in his Illinois congressional district. That happened because he ran unopposed. The district is so heavily Democratic that no legitimate Republican even cares to run. The 70-year-old is a Holocaust denier who calls the Nazi genocide “an international extortion racket.” “His depraved values…
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazi GOP Candidate Says He’s ‘Not A Single-issue Candidate’
Arthur Jones, a Republican candidate for Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District (in a deep-blue part of Chicago), has long been a member of the American Nazi Party. He attended parties celebrating Hitler’s birthday. He recently called the Holocaust “a greatly overblown event.” But, despite wearing a “Veterans of Jewish Wars” cap to events, Jones told the…
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Fast Forward Illinois GOP Exploring ‘All Options’ To Get Rid Of Holocaust Denier Candidate
The Illinois Republican Party is exploring “all options” in its effort to thwart Arthur Jones, an anti-Semitic white supremacist and Holocaust denier who is running unopposed in the Republican primary for a Chicago-area congressional seat. “Going forward, the Illinois Republican Party will explore all options to oppose Mr. Jones’ candidacy — whether that be supporting…
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Fast Forward Republican Jewish Coalition Condemns GOP Holocaust Denier Candidate
The Republican Jewish Coalition tweeted a condemnation of Arthur Jones, the Holocaust denier expected to win the Republican nomination in a Congressional race in Illinois. RJC National Chairman, Senator @NormColeman on #IL03: pic.twitter.com/qr2ELDeUeY — RJC (@RJC) February 5, 2018 The tweet quoted former Sen. Norm Coleman, the RJC’s national chairman, saying that Jones’s “candidacy will…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Denier Will Be GOP Nominee In Illinois Congressional Race
An anti-Semitic white supremacist and Holocaust denier will almost definitely be the Republican nominee for a congressional race in a district encompassing parts of Chicago and its suburbs. Arthur Jones, a 70-year-old retired insurance agent and perennial losing candidate in races in Illinois and Wisconsin dating back to the 1970s, was the only person to…
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Fast Forward RNC Finance Chairman Steve Wynn Resigns Amid Sexual Misconduct Accusations
(JTA) — Casino operator Steve Wynn stepped down from his position as Republican National Committee finance chairman following a report alleging sexual misconduct. Wynn, 76, who is close to President Trump, denied the allegations published in the Wall Street Journal on Friday. Last week, Wynn headed a fundraiser for the Trump’s reelection campaign and the…
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The Schmooze Feminists Have ‘Snake-Filled Heads,’ Missouri Senate Candidate Announces
The condition of our nation’s democracy is no joke, but sometimes you have to take your laughs of despair where you can get them. The rogue-ishly attractive, loathsomely misogynist Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Courtland Sykes specializes in this kind of unintentional end-of-days humor. His belief that feminists’s heads are full of snakes, his desire to…
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Fast Forward Steve Bannon Met By Protests At Jewish Congressman’s Fundraiser
Activists with Bend the Arc Jewish Action protested Congressman Lee Zeldin’s fundraiser last night, which featured an appearance by former Trump advisor and Breitbart executive Steve Bannon. Protesters rallied outside the office building where the fundraiser took place, some bearing placards that called Zeldin, who is Jewish, a “Bannon puppet.” “As chief strategist to President…
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