Posted on 12/27/2017 2:04:29 PM PST by Pinkbell
Breitbart executive chairman Steve Bannon has cut ties with Paul Nehlen, the far-right activist who is challenging Paul Ryan for his congressional seat and who has received extremely favorable coverage from Breitbart in the past.
"Nehlen is dead to us," said Arthur Schwartz, an adviser of Bannon's who is familiar with the former White House chief strategist's thinking.
Nehlen, who became a lightning rod for his anti-immigrant views, has escalated his rhetoric in recent days with a number of incendiary tweets.
In one tweet, Nehlen proudly revealed that he is reading "The Culture of Critique," a book about Jewish culture widely considered to be anti-semitic. In other tweets, he has used the "#ItsOkayToBeWhite" hashtag.
The inflammatory online activity has drawn fierce scrutiny from Nehlen's critics, and beckoned the question whether Breitbart, which previously published highly supportive coverage of his candidacy, still supported him.
When Nehlen challenged Ryan during the 2016 Republican primary, Breitbart dispatched Mathew Boyle, one of its top writers, to Wisconsin. Throughout the race, Boyle taunted Ryan on the campaign trail with outlandishly negative stories while simultaneously writing positive articles about Nehlen. Ryan ultimately walloped Nehlen by a margin of 84% to 16%.
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But Breitbart and Bannon, a former White House chief strategist, have recently moved to distance themselves from him.
Nehlen, who previously published material on Breitbart, has seen his author page scrubbed entirely from the far-right website. Moreover, Joel Pollak, a senior editor at Breitbart, publicly denounced Nehlen on Twitter.
"We don't support him," Pollak tweeted late Tuesday night, adding that Nehlen had "disqualified" himself. As of Wednesday afternoon, Breitbart had not denounced Nehlen on its website. A Google search returned no articles this week about Nehlen's latest tweets or statements.
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No. The lie that Paul Nehlen hates Jews.
Interesting article. Paul Ryan has lost Democrat and independent support. There are Democrat cities in his district and
It’s a book that traffics in stereotypes and is a dog-whistle to the David Duke -types. Nehlan is a Soros plant.
Nehlen is a raging anti-semite and a George Soros plant.
Didn’t finish before I hit send. There are Democrats in his district and suburban Republican voters. This would be a recruitment for Democrats. He would lose by more than Moore.
As well you should be
nehlan was another massive favorite of the suicide corner here at FR.
If you know him tell him to clean up his act
You are a liar.
Produce your evidence, or own it.
precisely.
If by “clean up his act” you mean become a PC are kisser, he won’t.
...are kisser...
I do hate this phone... arse.
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On Dec. 9, Nehlen appeared on the white nationalist podcast Fash the Nation, where he referred to a Twitter ban by saying hed been shoahd for 12 hours a reference to the Holocaust and said that Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), then in the process of resigning from Congress over a sex scandal, had been targeted over his politics.
I dont think its a coincidence that Rep. Franks has an A-rating from Numbers USA, said Nehlen, referring to a group that favors restrictions on legal immigration.
Nehlen also recounted a Twitter fight between himself and John Podhoretz, and laughed at how the editor of Commentary had called him a catamite, a word he had to look up in the dictionary.
What race even has that word? Nehlen said, apparently referring to Jews. Well, theres one, right?
Nehlen first took aim on Tuesday at John Cardillo, a conservative commentator and staunch Trump supporter who said he was sad watching @pnehlens fall.
Youve exposed yourself as a shill for the sheckles [sic], Nehlen replied, referring to the Israeli currency.
When Kurt Schlichter, a conservative writer who once contributed to Breitbart News, called out Nehlen for his attack, arguing that Republicans cant have anything to do with weirdo idiot candidates, Nehlen shot back, again suggesting his critic was taking money from the Jews.
Ah yes @KurtSchlichter joins the ranks of shekels-for-hire BlueChecks he tweeted, apparently trademarking the anti-Semitic term he just coined.
Historically, most voters are against almost all Congressional incumbents .... except their own.
Suppose 10 Rs and 10 Ds resign/don’t run again due to sex scandal and similar reasons. Those are the easiest seats to target.
That they are empty due to scandal should wake us up to the fact that we need to find quality candidates. Better 10 quality candidates nationwide to increase our margin by 10, than 20 or 30 candidates not ready for prime time.
There has to be people who we identify as being beyond the pale because of their opinions. I’m not a fan of Bannon’s, but I’m pleased he doesn’t feel some weird obligation to support a clearly unelectable and despicable man.
You bet. Not PC at all, and a bit mouthy, but not anti-Semitism.
A man that must coin each come back on people he disagrees with by using or injecting race terms within it and furthermore posts books he is reading that are anti Semetic and in addition appearing on extreme alt right shows just might be anti semetic
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