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Fast Forward Massachusetts GOP Candidate Blames Holocaust On Gay Nazis
A Republican candidate who won enough support at the party’s Massachusetts convention to advance the primary for governor is a pastor who once wrote a book claiming that the Holocaust was caused by a conspiracy of gay men within the Nazi party. Scott Lively, an attorney and pastor who has advocated for anti-LGBT laws around…
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Fast Forward Adelson Gives $30 Million To Help GOP Save The House
Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has given $30 million to the House GOP-aligned Congressional Leadership Fund, a large sum that top Republicans hope will boost the party’s electoral outlook in November, Politico reported on Thursday. House Speaker Paul Ryan flew to Las Vegas to meet with the billionaire at his Venetian Hotel, according to…
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Fast Forward Could Eric Greitens’ Growing Scandals Help Democrats Win Senate?
The Missouri Republican Party is in turmoil, again, after Gov. Eric Greitens was slapped with a second felony charge — opening the door for Democrats to hold a key Senate seat. Greitens was charged with illegally obtaining a fundraising list from a veterans charity he founded. He was indicted in February for allegedly taking a…
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Fast Forward GOP’s Neo-Nazi Candidate In Chicago Denies Holocaust In Anti-Semitic Rant
Arthur Jones, the Republican candidate for a Chicago congressional district and a neo-Nazi, made a series of anti-Semitic comments in an interview with the Jewish Chronicle. Jones ran unopposed in the Republican primary for Illinois’ third district — a heavily blue one. In the interview, Jones denied being an active member of the Nazi party,…
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Fast Forward Virginia GOP Removes Official Who Said Only Christians Should Run For Office
(JTA) — Virginia Republicans have ousted a party leader who said only Christians should run for party positions. Fredy Burgos was voted off the state Republican party’s Central Committee on Monday, The Hill reported. He had been elected to the post. “Having a preference for Christians over non-Christians as political leaders is not bigoted,” Burgos…
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Fast Forward Is Bill Kristol Running For President?
Conservative pundit Bill Kristol is heading to New Hampshire, which in the world of politics can only mean one thing: a possible 2020 run. Red State is reporting that Kristol, the founder of the Weekly Standard and among the most vocal Republican critics of President Trump, will attend the annual “Politics and Eggs” gathering in…
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Fast Forward Pro-Gun Republican Won’t Scrap Giveaway Of Rifle Used In School Shooting
A Republican candidate for U.S. Congress in Kansas said on Thursday he has no plans to end his giveaway of the same type of assault rifle used in the deadly Florida high school shooting. Tyler Tannahill said he launched the AR-15 giveaway on Tuesday in support of the Second Amendment and to coincide with this…
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Fast Forward Va. Republicans Call For Ouster Of Official Who Said Only Christians Should Run
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Virginia Republicans have called for the ouster of a party official who said only Christians should run for party positions. “Having a preference for Christians over non-Christians as political leaders is not bigoted,” Fredy Burgos said this week in a Facebook post promoting his favored candidate, Tim Hannigan, for the chairmanship of…
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