Open Nazi, default GOP nominee for Congress, says not a 'single-issue candidate'

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The GOP lawmaker principle: http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2014/03/18/the_gop_lawmake...

Tl;dr is that only one person (the neo-Nazi perennial candidate) filed to run in the GOP primary in a safe-D seat, and state law precludes a write-in campaign. Democrats also occasionally get embarrassing nominees this way, especially in safe seats, e.g.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kesha_Rogers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_E._Clayton

"I hate Illinoise Nazis" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulCw7RJ5eE8

So this sort of thing doesn't bother Republicans? What exactly does bother them?

>> What exactly does bother them?

Lossing elections?

"Horror spread quickly after the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times reported this week that Republicans appear unable to force Jones off the ballot.

“I condemn this man in the strongest possible terms," said Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. “The Illinois Republican Party and our country have no place for Nazis like Arthur Jones," said party Chairman Tim Schneider."

Where exactly did you get that this "doesn't bother Republicans"?

Probably the DNC, CNN or MSNBC

He is still a republican isn't he?

I'm not American, so I could be wrong on this, but would they have the ability to do so? My impression was always that the party doesn't necessarily have the power to prevent someone from being a registered Republican, or for running under a party's banner (outside of being challenged in a primary, which doesn't seem to be happening here?)

Not a single-issue candidate? A single issue will be enough to reject him in the election, though.

Off topic: the website is horrible, flooded me with pop ups and notifs before I could even get to read the content.

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