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Paul Nehlen was banned from Twitter. Then he was banned from the Twitter of the Alt Right. Now, hes well positioned to be the GOP nominee in Wisconsins 1st District
LACHLAN MARKAY
04.11.18 12:23 PM ET
House Speaker Paul Ryans decision to retire from office makes, for the moment, an anti-Semitic white nationalist who has embraced the so-called Alt Right the Republican frontrunner in Wisconsins first congressional district.
In a Facebook post hailing the news, GOP candidate Paul Nehlen called Ryans retirement good news for America, bad news for special interests who bought Paul Ryan's vote. My focus has always been on YOU.
In fact, Nehlens focus has not always been on YOU, his voters. Previously, his campaign criticized Ryans silence on issues of [Jewish] media representation."
In large part because of his penchant for racially inflammatory or anti-Semitic remarks, Nehlans political prospects have not been taken all that seriously. Ryan defeated him by nearly 70 points in the 2016 Republican primary and the expectation was that the same would happen again this cycle.
With Ryans retirement, those expectations change. Nehlen is one of two Republicans who had vied to replace Ryan in 2018, and while other Republicans are likely to jump into the contest before the districts August primary, Nehlen has more visibility and political experience than his sole existing opponent, Army special forces veteran and businessman Nick Polce. He also is personally wealthy, though local media has investigated his company, Blue Skies Global LLC, and found scant evidence that it does any actual business.
Asked by a Milwaukee radio station where Blue Skies pays taxes, Nehlen conceded, "No taxes have been paid so far precisely because nothing has been charged for services to date."
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(175,766 posts)Denounced by His Party as a Nazi, Arthur Jones Wins Illinois G.O.P. Congressional Primary
Arthur Jones, a Holocaust denier described as a Nazi by the Illinois Republican Party, won the Republican primary on Tuesday in the states 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, Id 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.
dragonlady
(3,577 posts)Not likely. Watch for some plausible Republican to announce his or her candidacy in the next few days. This has probably been in the works for a while. Nomination petitions can be gathered starting this Sunday and they are due at the end of May. There is plenty of time for the Republican Party to get a substitute with a better chance that Nehlen.