Posted on 03/21/2018 3:34:27 PM PDT by Simon Green
Arthur Jones, a Holocaust denier described as a Nazi by the Illinois Republican Party, won the Republican primary on Tuesday in the state’s Third Congressional District, a heavily Democratic district that includes part of Chicago and its suburbs, according to The Associated Press.
Mr. Jones, 70, unsuccessfully sought the nomination five times before, and his victory on Tuesday was a foregone conclusion after the Republican Party failed to draft another candidate to enter the race against him.
“Even if only myself and my wife voted for me, I’d win the primary because the Republican Party screwed up big time,” Mr. Jones said in an interview.
The Illinois Republican Party has sought to distance itself from Mr. Jones in recent weeks, blanketing the district with campaign fliers and robocalls urging voters to “stop Illinois Nazis,” according to a robocall script provided by the party. Mr. Jones said he had received three robocalls himself.
“Arthur Jones is not a real Republican — he is a Nazi whose disgusting, bigoted views have no place in our nation’s discourse,” Tim Schneider, the Illinois Republican Party chairman, said in a statement. He said the party had urged voters “to skip over his name when they go to the polls” and moving forward planned on “vehemently opposing Jones with real campaign dollars.”
A spokesman for the Illinois Republican Party said those dollars would be used to support an independent candidate in the November general election. Party leaders are in talks with several potential candidates, the spokesman said, but have not yet decided which one to endorse.
The Third Congressional District of Illinois has not been represented by a Republican since 1975, and few people, besides Mr. Jones, believe he has a chance of winning the general election in November.
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well it is possible he’s a ‘real republican” but the National Socialists are a hard-leftist party...
so he’s a VERY “amateur” historian... per your note.
This does tarnish the R party (even more than the GOP-e routinely does)
so its a perfect little act of “political theater” (and projection) by the Left
He’s a “real republican” in that he was allowed to voluntarily register as one. He’s not in that the state party has denounced him and, if you look at his views such as a belief in national socialism, they’re pretty much diametrically opposed to anything that follows republican or free market principles.
He may, we don't. He's no more Republican than a KKK Klukker is a Christian.
Great. One of very few GOP ‘wins’ this primary season, and it has to be someone like this. Was there no one else at all on the republican side who could have been propped up by the party?
Remember, the democrats pick the winners in IL. It’s always this way. This “Nazi” was picked by the democrats. No way is he going to win.
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There is nothing on record RE: “national Socialism” and he has a long history as a registered Republican.
Let’s stick with the truth, ok?
If you can find something pertinant, post it.
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I’m not understanding why the GOP can’t just throw him out.
Lipinski’s district is more than 95% registered democrat so probably not. The whole reason Awful Arthur moved there from Wisconsin and started running there back in the late ‘80s was due to the fact that he wouldn’t face much opposition. That and the fact that the ACLU Chicago office, back then, actually stood up for awful people like him and helped guarantee their speech rights.
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Have dems funded his campaign?
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It goes against the principle of allowing self-identification.
Who is paying this guy?
So does Willard and McQueeg. Actions, however, demonstrate otherwise.
Obviously a Demonrat plant.
Another one of your guys, Marsha. Wow, you Combiners sure do pick some real “winners.” Bwahahaha !
Combiner approved. They don’t let anyone slip through the cracks in IL without their say-so.
The plan (by DNC and GOP) is to pick off races and plant losers as candidates with the usual media propaganda machine full speed.
No argument there.
Nobody. He's a perennial candidate who has been running for the Republican nomination for this seat and other officers for 20 years or more. He just lucked out this time.
COMMUNIST DEMOCRATS
Bury the real story that Democrats are likely running another Communist.
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