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Mon Mar 31, 2014, 10:54 AM Mar 2014

Former GOP Candidate Has Ties to White Supremacist Group

From Ring of Fire:

A former candidate for the Colorado House of Representatives had a short candidacy after past actions and associations were made public this week. Nate Marshall of Lakewood, CO dropped out of the race after five days when The Denver Post outed his arrest record and past ties to white-supremacy groups.

The Denver Post reported that Marshall, a 42-year-old construction manager, had made offensive and derogatory comments about Muslims, gay, and the Occupy Movement on the internet. His opinions on economy were made up of violent and aggressive tongue lashings as he thinks the 99 percent are nothing but “lowlife educated scum.” He spoke about Occupy Denver and said that city police had “every right to shoot these scumbags.”

“I didn’t think things all the way through,” said Marshall. “I wasn’t hating on anybody.”

You can read the full article here at Ring of Fire.

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