Republican Congressional Candidate Says 'Holocaust Never Happened'

[onehandle]

A congressional candidate running as a Republican in the upcoming Illinois primary says the “Holocaust never happened.”

Arthur Jones, 64, a Lyons, IL, insurance salesman who organizes family-friendly, neo-Nazi events around Adolph Hitler’s birthday, hopes to be the Republican candidate chosen to run against Democratic Congressman Dan Lipinski in Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District.

“As far as I’m concerned, the Holocaust is nothing more than an international extortion racket by the Jews,” Jones said. “It’s the blackest lie in history. Millions of dollars are being made by Jews telling this tale of woe and misfortune in books, movies, plays and TV. "The more survivors, the more lies that are told."

A member of the Nationalist Socialist Party in his younger days, Jones took part in the Nazis’ march on Chicago’s Marquette Park in 1978. While he doesn’t deny nor repudiate his “past affiliations,” he says he votes Republican “90 percent of the time.”

http://oaklawn.patch.com/articles/republican-congressional-candidate-says-holocaust-never-happened#c

[Newsjock]

1. Illinois GOP disavows him

From December:
http://www.weareillinois.org/connect/newsdetail.aspx?newsid=12134

Arthur Jones, who has denied the existence of the Holocaust and is an avowed Neo-Nazi, has filed nominating papers in the 3rd Congressional District to run in the 2012 primary as a Republican.

Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady issued the following statement:

“The Illinois Republican Party disavows any association with the candidacy of Arthur Jones and ask that all citizens of Illinois do the same. His views and previous statements are repugnant and his candidacy should not and will not be supported in any way by the Illinois Republican Party. Unfortunately, pathetic and ignorant human beings like Arthur Jones still exist - my sympathies are with the members of our Jewish community as well as other communities to which Mr. Jones has directed his hate.”

[thelordofhell]

6. Bravo Pat Brady

Nice to hear a good thing from a Republican

[greenman3610]

32. but obviously he feels his natural home is the GOP. wonder why?

[Skittles]

45. most of the repukes I know are NOT Holocaust deniers

[Beartracks]

52. Most???? n/t

[harmonicon]

55. Exactly.

Only once in my life have I met a holocaust denier. This came up - exactly how, I don't know - while they were espousing crazy pro-Republican things after the Bush/Kerry election. It blew my mind. Just last night I told some friends about this, and they were a little surprised, because most people don't think they'll ever meet someone like that in person.

[Skittles]

61. well they are REPUKES

[Posteritatis]

33. That's pleasantly unambiguous for a change. (nt)

[Skittles]

41. thanks you Mr. Brady

it is refreshing seeing a Republican act in an honorable fashion

[Evasporque]

57. But he still is a part of the republican base....nt

[Jackpine Radical]

2. He votes R 90% of the time--

Of COURSE he does. There's a 90% overlap between modern Republicanism and classic fascism.

[AlbertCat]

16. He votes R 90% of the time--Of COURSE he does.

Yeah, but the real scary part is how he votes the other 10% of the time...

[NICO9000]

28. That would be when he writes in "Hilter's Ghost" as his preferred candidate

What a disgusting piece of shit this guy is. And he's probably an ideal candidate for this district!

[kemah]

56. The other 10% he is voting for Ron Paul

Libertarian gets his other 10%

[snooper2]

3. 20 - 25 years, that's what I keep telling myself

and a lot of these racist throwbacks who want the 40's and 50's again will be dead....

[cstanleytech]

5. Alot of them have managed to breed already though.

[raouldukelives]

9. I used to tell myself that when Reagan was Prez. nt

[R0ckyRac00n]

4. Illinois Nazis.

Elwood: Illinois Nazis.
Jake: I hate Illinois Nazis.

[Richardo]

12. My first thought too

[24601]

42. Mine, too - and cute beagle! Our old gal is about 13 - and snores!

[FailureToCommunicate]

25. "Family-friendly Nazi parties"??

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[BigDemVoter]

7. Let's hope this clown wins the nomination. . .

I can't imagine how this could be a bad thing for Democrats. What an f-ing swine.

[mopinko]

11. since he would be running against

dan lipinski, it wouldn't matter.
some dfa folks who knocked doors in that district in '08 are still hiding under their beds.

[malthaussen]

8. Obviously his father did not serve in Europe in WWII

Mine did, and personally saw (and smelled) the concentration camps.

-- Mal

[ChadwickHenryWard]

34. You know what always gets me about these white supremacist types?

They often revere the US military, but at the same time revere both the Nazis and the Confederacy. I can name two groups that killed a whole bunch of GIs, which would tend to run up against a love for US soldiers.

[saras]

10. If they win, he'll say it never happened again.

[Blue_Tires]

13. his only mistake is running in a blue state...

[Hugabear]

14. Exactly...

Because openly neo-Nazis routinely win here in the South...

[Uncle Joe]

15. His "only mistake" is being consumed by fear and hatred to the point of insanity.

[LynneSin]

17. At least this guy is open and honest about his racism

Most of these republicans, especially those who are aligned with the Tea Party, hide their racism but you know they have the same mentality as this guy.

[byronius]

20. Really, it's refreshing. For most of them, it's like the secret drug they sniff in the basement.

Always pops out, sooner or later, in some way. With this guy, you know exactly what you're getting, up front.

[SemperEadem]

18. and the disingenuous, non-apology starts in 3, 2, 1....

"I'm sorry if people took my comments out of context... they should grow thicker skin..."

Pray tell--exactly what were all of those bodies which were in pictures and film of the liberation of the concentration camps? Left over props from the paramount studio prop department?

More importantly: Are you calling our American servicemen who saw first hand the carnage a bunch of liars??

[onenote]

22. This guy isn't apologizing. He's insane

[SemperEadem]

23. which I why I called it disingenuous

because he isn't going to apologize.

[ChadwickHenryWard]

35. Ike required all GIs with cameras to take pictures of the camps.

He knew most Germans would initially reject his claims about the camps as vile, propagandistic lies of the enemy, so he studiously documented all the evidence he could. He didn't think it would still be controversial 80 years later, even in his own country, all that awful footage remains.

[Nihil]

58. And that's an ironic contrast to the use of cameras in US prison camps in Iraq ...

Sadly, he was right about most "reject(ing) his claims about the camps as vile, propagandistic
lies of the enemy" and modern Presidents take great pains to ensure that NO-ONE "studiously
documents all the evidence" ...

[Historic NY]

19. I hate Illinois Nazi's.

[byronius]

21. Damn, you so pegged it. Love that scene.

[kenfrequed]

24. Agreed!

I love that movie and that scene!

[tclambert]

37. The clip:

[FogerRox]

26. Insane in the Membrane

[Returning Survivor]

27. Wow>

Just. Fucking. Wow!

[emilyg]

29. I lived through it in

Poland. Would like to sit this jerk down and tell him my life story.

[AverageJoe90]

48. I am so terribly sorry. =(

The sad thing is, though, all the truth in the world probably couldn't faze some of these neo-Nazi jerks. They're so dead-set on their worldview they'll shut out everything else. I should know, I've tried to wake up a few of these pricks and all I usually get in response is that I get called a 'secret Jew', or, 'anti-white', etc.

[freshwest]

30. Isn't it nice to see it all come out where we can see it? 2012 is showing the heart of the GOP.

Okay, don't hold back now, tell us what you really think, guys!

[Plucketeer]

31. This scum...

makes the definition of "santorum" seem pleasant!

[ChadwickHenryWard]

36. "It's the blackest lie in history."

Source:



No link yet.

[olddad56]

38. I think the denial that 9-11 was an inside job ranks right up there with best of the black lies

[ChadwickHenryWard]

39. Alright, I'm going to have to call bullshit.

These wild conspiracy claims have been thoroughly debunked for over ten years. There is absolutely no basis to make such an outrageous claim, and I am not going to engage you in derailing this serious thread so you can peddle wild-eyed nonsense. We are talking about the dangers of Fascism and the evils of white Nationalism; this is serious, and your 9/11 Trutherism is deeply unserious. To try to push this paranoid pablum is just despicable. Nobody is buying what you are selling.

[canuckledragger]

47. I'm buying

but agree that this isn't the thread for 911 controversies

[Bruce Wayne]

59. I see the alien illuminati have brainwashed you with chemtrails

You probably believe that "Elvis is still dead" malarkey.

[Skittles]

40. he just sounds like a nutcase

[Canuckistanian]

43. Mr Jones? AIPAC on line two.....

And they sound mad, you'd better take it....

[Rhiannon12866]

44. Is there any kind of bigoted lunacy that these idiots won't embrace?!

[AverageJoe90]

49. Anything that doesn't conflict with their worldview, I suppose.

Ever seen a 'Christian' 'Identity' asshole spew their crap on YT, btw? It has to be believed to be seen.....which, btw, many of them are neo-Nazis as well.

[alp227]

50. the very first post here was about the state GOP distancing itself.

Sure there are many extremist kooks like this holocaust denier who registered as Republicans. They make R__k S______m look like Richard Dawkins for crying out loud. At least you'll never see them embraced in the mainstream or out front in the conventions.

[MrMickeysMom]

51. Jesus H Christ...

"family friendly neo-Nazi events"????

Another reason to put a paper bag over your head, then light it on fire, all you Republican jack-offs. This is what your party is turning into... a bunch of neo-Nazis.

[Beartracks]

53. "Republican says <insert insane, falsifiable statement here>." n/t

[caseymoz]

54. The lunies are blooming in the GOP.

Yesterday we had that Birther in Alaska who filed a suit saying straight-out that Obama's "mulatto" race disqualifies him for president. Finally, an honest Birther admitting its all race, explaining why no facts dissuade them.

Today we have a Holocaust denier/compassionate Neo-Nazi who tells us how at-home he feels in the Repug party.

Scandals breaking all over the place, disastrous presidential debates and primaries featuring the stupidest candidates ever, a booming economy . . .

All the while, there's a lesson to be learned: if you're going to attack a leader as the worst dictator since Josef Stalin and he doesn't deliver it by behaving that way, you're going to look like an idiot.

To think 2 years ago, Repubs had what looked like a historic electoral victory. Now, one wonders if the Party will exist in 2016. Too much success is bad if from success you prove yourself an idiot.

[randome]

60. Look. It's simple.

The world is only 5 minutes old. All that history and fossil stuff you see? It's just part of God's sense of humor.

"And on the 7th minute, he rested."

[OmahaBlueDog]

62. Let's all hope he gets the mental health treatment he needs

Or, he could visit the National Archives and view the overwhelming evidence that the Holocaust did take place.