Holocaust denier will be GOP nominee in Illinois congressional race

[pbrower2a]

We need to make sure this makes national headlines and run ads about this featuring the white-hooded Klansmen of the 1950s to really reinforce the fact that the modern-day Republican Party truly is a slightly-toned-down Klan.

Klansmen of the 1920s were even more dangerous because of their numbers. In 1928 the KKK was a bigger share of the American populace than Nazis were a share of the German populace.

[Fuzzy Bear]

We need to make sure this makes national headlines and run ads about this featuring the white-hooded Klansmen of the 1950s to really reinforce the fact that the modern-day Republican Party truly is a slightly-toned-down Klan.

This isn't new or Trump-specific. It's been happening occasionally for a long time. David Duke came close to being a Senator.

In the 1970s, White Supremacist Tom Metzger became the Democratic nominee against Republican Clair Burgener in an Orange County, CA Congressional District.  All the Democrats in the area endorsed Burgener.  Metzger got the nomination because no other Democrat filed.

It's about ballot access.  It's easy to be nominated for Congress if one party won't contest the seat and has no chance to win.

[DrScholl]

We need to make sure this makes national headlines and run ads about this featuring the white-hooded Klansmen of the 1950s to really reinforce the fact that the modern-day Republican Party truly is a slightly-toned-down Klan.

This isn't new or Trump-specific. It's been happening occasionally for a long time. David Duke came close to being a Senator.

In the 1970s, White Supremacist Tom Metzger became the Democratic nominee against Republican Clair Burgener in an Orange County, CA Congressional District.  All the Democrats in the area endorsed Burgener.  Metzger got the nomination because no other Democrat filed.

It's about ballot access.  It's easy to be nominated for Congress if one party won't contest the seat and has no chance to win.

It was a San Diego County district, not Orange County.

[Greedo punched first]

The Chicago GOP will likely endorse Lipinski.

[Joey1996]

The GOP aren't sending us their best, they're pedophiles and Nazis...and some I assume are only moderately racist!

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We need to make sure this makes national headlines and run ads about this featuring the white-hooded Klansmen of the 1950s to really reinforce the fact that the modern-day Republican Party truly is a slightly-toned-down Klan.

Klansmen of the 1920s were even more dangerous because of their numbers. In 1928 the KKK was a bigger share of the American populace than Nazis were a share of the German populace.

And there was the klanbake" at the 1924 DNC.

[Sestak]

This is fabulous! No need to keep Lipinski now to guard the seat. Newman for Congress!

[Indy Texas 🇺🇦🇵🇸]

We need to make sure this makes national headlines and run ads about this featuring the white-hooded Klansmen of the 1950s to really reinforce the fact that the modern-day Republican Party truly is a slightly-toned-down Klan.

This isn't new or Trump-specific. It's been happening occasionally for a long time. David Duke came close to being a Senator.

In the 1970s, White Supremacist Tom Metzger became the Democratic nominee against Republican Clair Burgener in an Orange County, CA Congressional District.  All the Democrats in the area endorsed Burgener.  Metzger got the nomination because no other Democrat filed.

It's about ballot access.  It's easy to be nominated for Congress if one party won't contest the seat and has no chance to win.

This guy is a longtime Republican. He isn't just running on that party line out of convenience.

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[AtorBoltox]

How is this story about a mainstream GOP candidate news?

[Associate Justice PiT]

This person is literally the nominee because no one else bothered to file for the race. Neither the Republican Party of Illinois nor the Republican primary voters of Illinois had anything to do with him becoming the nominee. To suggest otherwise is absolutely disingenuous.

This is the nature of American party politics, where you are a member of a party simply by declaring yourself such and there is no quality control by the actual party organization.

You would expect the Republican party to put up somebody, anybody, as a candidate in the primaries to save the embarrassment of having a Nazi represent them in a Federal Election. You could nominate a full-time construction worker and they would beat this dude in a primary. But nope, they couldn't even do that, and they're going to be dealing with these headlines for nine months.

     You're supposing the Republican Party actively thinks about which sacrificial lamb is wasting time in which safe Democrat district. Given that it is not rare for a safe district to go uncontested, I doubt anyone was looking too hard at "random seat the Republicans will never, ever win". Probably should have since this stuff is embarrassing, but it is what it is.

[TheSaint250]

The Chicago GOP will likely endorse Lipinski.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-arthur-jones-congressional-primary-20180204-story.html

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Seriously though, are American political parties not allowed to strip citizens of membership like in Europe?

[HAnnA MArin County]

Jones also said he doesn’t support interracial marriage or integration in schools, and he hesitated when asked whether African-Americans and Latinos should have the right to vote.

“I don’t believe in equality — period,” Jones said.

So he's pretty rank-and-file with his party there.

I'm not too worried about this seat since Hillary did win it, but isn't this the socially conservative Democratic district where these kinds of views could resonate with the deplorables?

[AtorBoltox]

Jones also said he doesn’t support interracial marriage or integration in schools, and he hesitated when asked whether African-Americans and Latinos should have the right to vote.

“I don’t believe in equality — period,” Jones said.

So he's pretty rank-and-file with his party there.

I'm not too worried about this seat since Hillary did win it, but isn't this the socially conservative Democratic district where these kinds of views could resonate with the deplorables?

Stop concern trolling. Hillary won here by 15 points

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

This district voted for Hillary by 15 points. To put things into perspective, that's a larger margin of victory than her margin in New Jersey.

Now imagine if the New Jersey GOP were running a Holocaust denier candidate, and people here were concern trolling about how they could "rally the deplorables" or just saying "But Doug Jones" and defeat a pretty standard liberal Democratic candidate. And that's exactly how you all sound.

Seriously though, are American political parties not allowed to strip citizens of membership like in Europe?

No, because "party membership" doesn't really exist in the US. At least not the same way it does in Europe.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Illinois seems to have a thing for accidentally nominating white supremacists—suffice to say, this isn't the first time it's happened.

[Inmate Trump]

This district voted for Hillary by 15 points. To put things into perspective, that's a larger margin of victory than her margin in New Jersey.

Now imagine if the New Jersey GOP were running a Holocaust denier candidate, and people here were concern trolling about how they could "rally the deplorables" or just saying "But Doug Jones" and defeat a pretty standard liberal Democratic candidate. And that's exactly how you all sound.

The state of Alabama voted for Trump over Hillary by about 28%.

Doug Jones only narrowly defeated an accused pedophile in the state.  Again, the accused pedophile almost won because there were plenty of deplorables ready to defend him.

Don't say it can't happen and don't act like just because something is unlikely that there isn't still a chance.  Doug Jones is the proof of that.

[Reaganfan Democrat]

Sounds like a typical Illinois Republican to me.

[HAnnA MArin County]

Sounds like a typical Illinois Republican to me.

[America needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

Sounds like a typical Illinois Republican to me.

[Inmate Trump]

Sounds like a typical Trump Republican to me.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Sounds like a typical Illinois Republican to me.

Amen. Never met a white person in Chicago who was not like this.

[America Needs R'hllor]

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Thanks for clarifying you're not exactly Hitler!

Also, this guy is an evil POS, but don't be ridicul tous. He doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell to even come close to winning. And don't call him a "mainstream Trump Republican", this is beyond any legitimate political discourse. This nazi called Trump a "son of a b*tch" for listening to Kushner and won't vote for him in 2020, and the Republican party immediately disavowed him.

[Reaganfan Democrat]

If we were going by state parties or something, I think the MA GOP is a pretty good fit, though the IL GOP would be closer to me in a lot of cultural beliefs, I would imagine.

[IndustrialJustice]

He's obviously DOA if Lipinski wins the primary, but what if Newnan pulls it off?

lmao

Priceless.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

This district voted for Hillary by 15 points. To put things into perspective, that's a larger margin of victory than her margin in New Jersey.

Now imagine if the New Jersey GOP were running a Holocaust denier candidate, and people here were concern trolling about how they could "rally the deplorables" or just saying "But Doug Jones" and defeat a pretty standard liberal Democratic candidate. And that's exactly how you all sound.

The state of Alabama voted for Trump over Hillary by about 28%.

Doug Jones only narrowly defeated an accused pedophile in the state.  Again, the accused pedophile almost won because there were plenty of deplorables ready to defend him.

Don't say it can't happen and don't act like just because something is unlikely that there isn't still a chance.  Doug Jones is the proof of that.

...this contradicts itself. Yes Doug Jones just narrowly beat an accused pedophile. The fact thst the state voted for Trump by 28 points is why. There are obviously far more deplorables in Alabama.

I'd bet every dollar I have Doug Jones would win over Roy Moore by a far larger margin in this district and that Doug Jones would not have won if he were a Holocaust demier.