'I snookered them': Illinois Nazi candidate creates GOP dumpster fire

[DonViejo]

Republicans fear blowback from Holocaust denier’s run for Congress.

By NATASHA KORECKI 06/29/2018 11:57 AM EDT

CHICAGO — Illinois Republicans botched four opportunities to stop an avowed Nazi from representing their party in a Chicago-area congressional district. Now they’re paying the price.

Arthur Jones, a Holocaust denier who will appear on the November ballot as the GOP candidate against Democratic Rep. Dan Lipinski, has become campaign fodder for Democrats as they seek to defeat Gov. Bruce Rauner. And some Republicans even fear the taint from Jones‘ extremist views poses a threat to the party up and down the ticket.

“First, it’s morally wrong and I think it’s really harmful to the party. The guy’s a complete nutcase. He’s a Nazi,” said conservative GOP state Rep. David McSweeney. “This is an absolute political disaster.”

McSweeney’s comments come just days after the filing deadline passed for qualifying a third-party candidate for the general election — which could have provided a safe harbor for Illinois Republican votes. Prior to that, the party had also failed to recruit a candidate to challenge Jones in the primary election, failed to knock him off the primary ballot and wasn’t able to field a write-in candidate against him in the primary.

Running a third-party candidate against Jones in November was among the options left to Illinois Republicans after Jones clinched the GOP nomination by running unopposed. But the deadline came and went this week and that didn’t happen either.

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[marble falls]

1. Well the GOP has a big tent....

It has all sorts of room for Nazis, alt-righters, teabaggers, Jill Stein-ers, racists, misogynists .......

[dalton99a]

2. Fake news. There's plenty of room in the GOP for one more Nazi

[Freethinker65]

3. Local Republicans selected Dan Lipinski by voting in the Democratic Primary to defeat Marie Newman

Dan is their guy. The Republicans have never run a viable candidate against Dan since he was gifted the seat by his Daddy.

While Arthur Jones is indeed horrendous, the Republican Party should be embarrassed by most of their candidates and sitting office holders.

[redstatebluegirl]

4. Lipinski is a conservative Republican running as a Democrat.

You are most likely correct. I am very familiar with that district in Illinois and I would not put that past the GOP to have people vote in the primary to keep Lipinski, they were terrified of Marie.

[rurallib]

5. Jones is more honest than most Republicans since he admits

he is a Nazi

[dalton99a]

6. No kidding

[mucifer]

7. I hate Illinois nazis