The Wisconsin Republican Party has dumped a candidate who
was banned from Twitter for antisemitic statements and ideas, and who
identifies with the alt-right.
Paul Nehlen, who is running to unseat US House of
Representatives Speaker Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) in this year’s elections, was
permanently banned from Twitter last week for racist and antisemitic tweets,
and also claimed in a private Twitter direct message group that his critics are
“working for the Jewish media.”
Wisconsin Republican Party spokesman Alec Zimmerman said
Tuesday that membership dues Nehlen paid last year to three Wisconsin county
parties, which is where state residents join the Republican party, were
refunded to Nehlen or donated to charity, the Associated Press reported.
Zimmerman also said that Nehlen had not paid any dues in 2018 and if he tried,
they would not be accepted.
“Paul Nehlen is
not a member of the Republican Party of Wisconsin. Nehlen and his ideas have no
place in the Republican Party,” Zimmerman said according to the AP.
Nehlen asserted that he is still a member of the Republican
Party in an email to the AP.
