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Holocaust denier expected to win GOP nomination for area Congressional seat
Holocaust denier Arthur Jones is poised to become the Republican nominee for the Third Congressional District, representing parts of Chicago and nearby suburbs, according to the Sun-Times. Jones, 70, the sole Republication candidate for the office currently held by Democrat Dan Lipinski, says he’s a former leader of the American Nazi Party and is now affiliated with America First. “Well first of all, I’m running for Congress not the chancellor of Germany. All right,” he explained to the Sun-Times. “To me the Holocaust is what I said it is: It’s an international extortion racket.” A resident of suburban Lyons who’s been seeking office since the 70s, Jones is running unopposed against the wishes of the state GOP. “The Illinois Republican Party and our country have no place for Nazis like Arthur Jones,” Tim Schneider, chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, said in a statement. “We strongly oppose his racist views and his candidacy for any public office, including the 3rd Congressional District.” [Sun-Times]
