The Illinois Republican Party is reportedly launching a campaign to urge that voters reject the bid by a Holocaust denier to represent the party in a district election.
Former member of the American Nazi Party, Arthur Jones, is vying for the GOP nomination in the Illinois 3rd congressional district primary election March 17, Newsweek reported.
Jones was the only Republican on the primary ballot in 2018 in the heavily Democratic district and became a huge embarrassment for the GOP. He got nearly 60,000 votes in the general election, losing to Democratic incumbent Rep. Daniel Lipinski, D-Ill., the news outlet noted.
"Arthur Jones isn't a Republican, and we're going to expose people to who he really is and do everything we can to educate Republicans not to vote for Arthur Jones," state GOP chair Tim Schneider declared, the Chicago Sun Times reported.
"We're going to do everything we can to distance ourselves from this Neo-Nazi who is running as a Republican."
According to the Chicago Tribune, the state GOP is going to leverage the $247,000 in its federal account to launch its campaign against Jones which includes online ads, mailers and robocalls.
Party officials are endorsing Mike Fricilone, the leader of the Republican minority on the Will County Board, Newsweek reported.
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