Source: Joe Raedle / Getty Here's a question I've asked again and again and again: Why is it so common for today's Nazis and Klan members to identify politically with the GOP and vice versa? Republicans never pass on an opportunity to pull out their historical Cliff Notes and point out that Democrats approved of slavery and started the KKK, but they're the ones fighting to preserve Confederate memorabilia, constantly having to explain their connections to KKK photos and having to distance themselves from fellow Republicans who have defended both slavery and the Ku Klux Klan. Why can't Republicans stop neo-Nazis from marching on their behalf? Why do arrested white supremacists keep turning out to be Trump supporters? Why can't the GOP seem to escape their ever-present neo-Nazi problem? On Tuesday, North Carolina's State Board of Elections voted unanimously to keep a Republican candidate for the state House on the ballot despite some local Republic
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — A Rockingham County man, whose candidacy in the North Carolina House District 65 primary race was challenged, will be able to run, the State Board of Elections has decided. On Tuesday, the North Carolina State BOE unanimously voted to allow Joseph Gibson III to remain on the ballot run in […]
The Rockingham County Board of Elections voted three to two Wednesday to keep conservative activist Joseph Gibson III on the primary ballot running for a North Carolina State House seat. This comes after his candidacy was challenged by the county Republican Party chair, alleging that he wasn’t able to run for office due to past felony charges in another state.