February 8, 2018

In 2018, the Republican Party will run a real, live Nazi for Congress. Let that sink in for a minute.

Source: The Hill

CNN’s Alisyn Camerota on Thursday confronted the Holocaust denier who is the sole GOP candidate running for an Illinois House seat.

Arthur Jones, a self-described former leader of the American Nazi Party who is running as a Republican to unseat Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D), is uncontested for the GOP nomination in the state’s Democratic-leaning third congressional district.
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“Mr. Jones, It is shocking to hear how vocally and unapologetically racist you are,” she said after playing a clip of Jones speaking at a Neo-Nazi gathering, “Are you a Nazi?”

“I don’t call myself a Nazi,” Jones said, claiming that he has not been formally involved with Nazi organizations “since 1990.” “I call myself an American patriot and statesman,” he said.
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“You dress in Nazi garb, you celebrate Hitler’s birthday,” she said. “You’re a Nazi!”

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