How the hell did a Holocaust-denying white supremacist get a quarter of the vote in Tuesday’s election in Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District?
In all honesty, we hate to even mention by name an anti-Semite like Art Jones, the Republican who lost decisively to incumbent Democrat Dan Lipinski. As Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas tweeted back in June, a “bigoted fool” like Jones should receive “ZERO votes.”
Far from zero, though, Jones got more than 56,000 votes. And when a Nazi makes a 26 percent showing, in a race where the finish line is Capitol Hill, that should be a wake-up call.
Some of those 56,000 people were unabashed haters, just like Jones. No doubt. “There is an element that supports him,” longtime political analyst Don Rose told us.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/nazi-art-jones-dan-lipinski-3rd-congressional-district-election/
And it's not like they didn't know anything about the guy in advance. The guy handed out anti-Semitic literature in the district and otherwise advertised his views - which television and newspapers reported, frequently.