Holocaust-denier Arthur Jones loses in Illinois, but still gets more than 25% of the vote

[SummerMadness]

Holocaust-denier Arthur Jones loses in Illinois 3rd District, but still gets more than 25 percent of the vote

The long-shot candidacy of a Holocaust denier’s Republican bid for Congress was defeated Tuesday, but not before the neo-Nazi received more than 56,000 votes in Illinois’ 3rd District.

As expected, incumbent U.S Rep. Dan Lipinski cruised to victory with just under 75 percent of the unofficial vote tally in the Democratic stronghold that stretches from the city’s Southwest Side to the west and south suburbs.

 

[Tanj]

Link to Blues Brother's "I hate Illinois Nazi's" removed due to language.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

What's scary (and in some ways, ironic) about that is, I'd venture a guess and say a substantial portion of that 25% are people who would otherwise vote for pro-Israel policies and politicians.

I think it says something really concerning when a segment of the population becomes so brainwashed by "anything left of center is a traitor" rhetoric, that they'd literally vote for a holocaust denier before a democrat.

Apparently, to some people, Israel only matters when it's for the benefit of certain GOP talking points about some of our foreign diplomacy policies.

 

[Nithavela]

Better luck next time, Arthur. It's only a matter of time.

 

[Goonie]

What's scary (and in some ways, ironic) about that is, I'd venture a guess and say a substantial portion of that 25% are people who would otherwise vote for pro-Israel policies and politicians.

I think it says something really concerning when a segment of the population becomes so brainwashed by "anything left of center is a traitor" rhetoric, that they'd literally vote for a holocaust denier before a democrat.

Apparently, to some people, Israel only matters when it's for the benefit of certain GOP talking points about some of our foreign diplomacy policies.

Its more a reflection of people blindly voting party regardless of the representative.

 

[Occams Barber]

In our last (Australian) Senate election we elected a similar piece of Something-Which-Stuck-To-My-Shoe.

It wasn't until he gave a speech suggesting a ban on Muslim migration, restricting immigration to 'European Christians' and threw in a cryptic reference to a "final solution" that the penny dropped.

I suspect he now has his own special and exclusive table in the Parliamentary Dining Room.
OB