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Archae

(46,354 posts)
Sun Feb 4, 2018, 07:29 PM Feb 2018

"I hate Illinois Nazis..."

Especially when they have even the slightest chance of winning.

A known Holocaust denier and former Nazi leader is the only Republican running for the GOP nomination for Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District.

The Chicago Sun-Times described candidate and retired insurance agent Arthur Jones as “an outspoken Holocaust denier, activist anti-Semite and white supremacist.” He admitted to the newspaper that he was a former leader of the American Nazi Party and that his current group, America First Committee, bars Jewish people from joining.

Jones’ campaign website, ArtJonesForCongressman.com, includes a section titled “Holocaust?” that features photocopied pages for typewritten fliers that describe “the Holocaust racket” as “the biggest, blackest, lie [sic] in history.” He suggests that “a few professional concentration camp survivors” promote the conspiracy, an idea which appears to predate the modern concept of “crisis actors” paid to enact “false flag” attacks that trick the public into believing atrocities have happened.

When asked by the Sun-Times about his views, the candidate explained that he’s “running for Congress not the chancellor of Germany.”

“To me the Holocaust is what I said it is,” Jones said. “It’s an international extortion racket.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/ex-american-nazi-party-leader-runs-unopposed-republican-congressional-primary-illinois/

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"I hate Illinois Nazis..." (Original Post) Archae Feb 2018 OP
An honest Republican. TomSlick Feb 2018 #1
yep you nailed it nt steve2470 Feb 2018 #3
That scene is from Marquette Park brokephibroke Feb 2018 #2
Even if there was an empty spot on a ticket for a Democrat... steve2470 Feb 2018 #4

brokephibroke

(1,883 posts)
2. That scene is from Marquette Park
Sun Feb 4, 2018, 07:38 PM
Feb 2018

Where I grew up. The nazi's used to pass out propaganda during our grade school assemblies.

steve2470

(37,457 posts)
4. Even if there was an empty spot on a ticket for a Democrat...
Sun Feb 4, 2018, 08:09 PM
Feb 2018

we would NEVER get a neo-Nazi on it. If we did, the outcry would be tremendous and I think the idiot would be forced to quit. Besides, THEY have the neo-Nazis, not us. Neo-nazis don't fit in with us at all.

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