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Bannon adviser: Ryan challenger Paul Nehlen is 'dead to us' after inflammatory tweets
CNN ^ | December 27, 2017 | Oliver Darcy

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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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: 2018midterms; breitbart; nehlen; paulnehlen; paulryan; wi2018
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To: Hugh the Scot

Bigots often say things that are not PC. The antidote for PC claptrap is not confirming PC by embracing racist books and ideas. Racism is, after all, antithetical to Christ’s teachings.


61 posted on 12/27/2017 3:20:58 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Cogito ergo sum a conservative pro-American.)
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To: Jarhead9297

I would tend to agree with you, except that the cries of anti-Semitism precede the tactless twitter war. Noticing that the attacks are coming from one quadrant isn’t an indication that Paul is a racist. It does seem that’s the narrative being built. Like I said earlier, I know the man.


62 posted on 12/27/2017 3:24:03 PM PST by Hugh the Scot ("The days of being a keyboard commando are over. It's time to get some bloody knuckles." -Drew68)
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To: Pinkbell

He Nehlaniated himself.


63 posted on 12/27/2017 3:24:32 PM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
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To: Hugh the Scot

Pepe the frog is now a white nationalst symbol? Who knew?


64 posted on 12/27/2017 3:29:05 PM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: elhombrelibre

I don’t see the racism. I’ve read communist and fascist books. I’m neither... This is the line of attack that has been chosen. He can either defend, surrender, or counterattack. We’ll see where it ends.


65 posted on 12/27/2017 3:30:41 PM PST by Hugh the Scot ("The days of being a keyboard commando are over. It's time to get some bloody knuckles." -Drew68)
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To: Az Joe

“It is okay to be White.”

Some of my best friends are White.


66 posted on 12/27/2017 3:37:57 PM PST by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Pinkbell

,Since this piece is from CNN, I was not ready to believe that Nehlen is an anti-semite. But I trust your reporting about him.

A FReeper — possibly you — got me to take a look at Nehlen. Seemed like a good guy, and I sent him some money. It’s a shame to learn he’s not really one of us.


67 posted on 12/27/2017 3:41:28 PM PST by Bigg Red (Vacate the chair! Ryan must go. Dump McConnman, too.)
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To: henkster

Exactly.


68 posted on 12/27/2017 3:43:06 PM PST by Bigg Red (Vacate the chair! Ryan must go. Dump McConnman, too.)
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To: fortheDeclaration
If you are an anti-Semite you are finished with the Trump movement.

I'm not a supporter of Nehlen but let's not be like liberals where they treat opinion and feelings as fact. Do we have anything other than someone's opinion that shows Nehlen to be anti-Semite?

There are people who view any disagreement with a Jew or a Jewish position as being anti-Semitic. This is nonsense. I've read excerpts on Amazon of the book, "The Culture of Critique." I did not read anything anti-Semitic in the book. However in all fairness, I only read limited portions of the book. From what I read, the author gives a balanced and insightful view and facts about Jewish impact on western cultures including our own.

Frankly, I'm tired of blacks calling everyone who disagrees with them 'racists' and I'm tired of Jews calling everyone who disagrees with them 'anti-Semites'.

All cultures and peoples have virtues and faults. Jews are no exception.

69 posted on 12/27/2017 3:46:53 PM PST by JesusIsLord
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To: JesusIsLord

For real. I’ve heaped all kinds of scorn on the current Pope, I’m not remotely anti-catholic. More importantly, not a single person ever accused me of being so. Why? Because some people value open discussion, and others just can’t wait to value signal.


70 posted on 12/27/2017 3:58:01 PM PST by The Toll
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To: Hugh the Scot

I agree that person is not a racist because he’s read a racist book. You can read Das Capital and not be a communist. Some people read the Bible and are not Christians, too. Bannon and Briatbart seem to have seen the same tweets as quoted above and decided he is a racist or another candidate too damaged to save. How do you explain his going on a radio show as is described by another poster above?


71 posted on 12/27/2017 4:05:07 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Cogito ergo sum a conservative pro-American.)
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To: JesusIsLord

See post #56.


72 posted on 12/27/2017 4:08:29 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Cogito ergo sum a conservative pro-American.)
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To: Dalberg-Acton; null and void; Fightin Whitey; Typical_Whitey

[Some of my best friends are White.]

I see one in the mirror all the time. He does exactly what I do. I’m starting to get suspicious. It’s like he knows when I’m going to shave and mocks me. Not only an I suspicious, it’s starting to make me mad. I yelled at him and he yelled back. He had to be mocking me because his mouth was moving but I couldn’t hear him.

I know, it sounds crazy but he’s there in the mirror every single time.....can’t be coincidence....


73 posted on 12/27/2017 4:10:48 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: raygunfan; Larry Lucido; Gamecock; KC_Lion; FredZarguna; PROCON

It’s like my Uncle Leo: “The Rabbi....anti-Semite!!!”


74 posted on 12/27/2017 4:12:46 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Hugh the Scot

http://www.newsweek.com/anti-semites-celebrate-republicans-endorsement-author-who-views-jews-enemy-760363


75 posted on 12/27/2017 4:15:32 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Cogito ergo sum a conservative pro-American.)
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To: elhombrelibre

I can’t explain it. I’d rather let Paul do that. I do know that the twittiots took a QUOTE he tweeted from Linda Sarsour, a real anti-semite, and tried to twist it into anti-Semitism on Paul’s part, fueling attacks from the left. I also know that a lie repeated loudly and often enough will drown out any truth.


76 posted on 12/27/2017 4:16:37 PM PST by Hugh the Scot ("The days of being a keyboard commando are over. It's time to get some bloody knuckles." -Drew68)
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To: elhombrelibre

Guilty by association? All vegetarians are Hitler?


77 posted on 12/27/2017 4:18:37 PM PST by Hugh the Scot ("The days of being a keyboard commando are over. It's time to get some bloody knuckles." -Drew68)
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To: Hugh the Scot; Jarhead9297
You bet. Not PC at all, and a bit mouthy, but not anti-Semitism.

His comments that I read are antisemitic. As a Republican candidate his career is over. He crashed and burned.
78 posted on 12/27/2017 4:19:41 PM PST by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: Alberta's Child
everyone here on FR who is not a fan of Ryan should have gotten a reality check and realized that many of these establishment Republicans aren’t nearly as unpopular with their constituents as you’d believe if you only read FreeRepublic posts all day.

Luckily we have you, the Guiding Conscience of FR, to set us straight, right?

I've got no time for Nehlan's anti-Jewish idiocy or anything like it.

But you didn't used to arrive (at least) daily to hector us about our gullibility and stupidity.

Whatever has moved you to assume that pose and tone of late?

I guess I recall you more as a pleasant and genial bloke.

79 posted on 12/27/2017 4:27:57 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: Pinkbell

Thank you for the enlightenment.


80 posted on 12/27/2017 4:29:26 PM PST by Neoliberalnot (MSM is our greatest threat. Disney, Comcast, Hollywood, NYTimes, WaPo, CNN, NBC, CBS...)
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