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Like most candidates running for Congress, Arthur Jones has a campaign website.It outlines the Republican candidate’s education background, his stance on issues and how to donate to his campaign to represent the Illinois’s Third Congressional District.It also lays out Jones’s unapologetically racist and anti-Semitic views.In a section called “Holocaust?†Jones describes the atrocities as a “racket†and “the biggest, blackest, lie in history.†Under another tab titled “Flags of Conflict,†he lists the Confederate flag first and describes it as “a symbol of White pride and White resistance†and “the flag of a White counter revolution.â€. . . [W]hen Chicago Sun-Times reporter Frank Main drove to Lyons, Ill., the suburb where Jones lives, the candidate was no less vocal about his extreme views.“Well first of all, I’m running for Congress not the chancellor of Germany, all right?†Jones said. “To me, the Holocaust is what I said it is: It’s an international extortion racket†. . . . . . Tim Schneider, the chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, told the Sun-Times that the party denounced Jones.“The Illinois Republican Party and our country have no place for Nazis like Arthur Jones,†Schneider told the newspaper. “We strongly oppose his racist views and his candidacy for any public office, including the 3rd congressional District.â€
I hate Illinois Nazis.
Waiting to hear the lesser of two evils argument made by someone.
The seat's been represented by a Democrat for as long as anyone can remember. The reason why he's the only one running is because no credible Republican is going to waste his or her time running for this seat against an entrenched incumbent.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois's_3rd_congressional_district
Even if it is a sure defeat, a sane Republican should step up and file.
Agreed.
Political parties really need to take control of their brand. No one has any right to run under a political party- those are private businesses. They should be able to say 'no, you can't use our brand or our name' just like a hamburger shop can't use McDonald's name.
VERY good point.
@EasyAce When we went to the Holocaust Memorial in Washington, DC, I came out crying. I did not even visit the final atrocities section.I sat with a couple of docents because @Cyber Liberty was going through that area. A docent told me that some people come out laughing. I was appalled!I don't think I could ever go through there again. The brutality one human could do to another is beyond my comprehension.
Yes, that museum is bad enough. I could never visit one of the camp sites in Europe, knowing what occurred there.
