Nazi leads GOP field for CA Senate, calls Trump his inspiration, vows to "remove Jews from power"

[sandensea]

A relatively unknown U.S. Senate candidate in California who was booted from the state's Republican Party Convention for a campaign promise to "remove Jewish leaders" from power is getting new attention since seen surging in one political poll.

Patrick Little, an unabashed admirer of Adolf Hitler who attended the Neo-Nazi March in Charlottesville last year, is now the Republican frontrunner in the California Senate Race, according to a new SUSA poll of likely voters.

Little garnered 18% (behind Dianne Feinstein’s 39%), establishing him as the leader among GOP hopefuls running against Feinstein. The poll, released on April 24th (SUSA receives an “A" rating from Nate Silver's 538 blog) also describes Little as Feinstein’s "likely Republican opponent” this November.

Little, who was denied permission to attend the state GOP convention, has praised Adolf Hitler and calls himself a "counter-Semite," has been endorsed by former KKK leader David Duke, and claims to draw inspiration from President Donald Trump.

"He showed me that people were willing to respond to dog whistles about whites having group interests, so I decided to state these things explicitly," Little said.

At: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/11/1763592/-Nazi-Leads-GOP-Field-For-CA-Senate-Says-Trump-Is-His-Inspiration-Vows-To-Remove-Jews-From-Power

GOP Senate hopeful Patrick Little: Leading all other Republicans despite - or rather, because of - his avowed Nazi views.

[ProudLib72]

1. That last line

So true, yet so

[sandensea]

4. A common sentiment among California Republicans, sadly.

I lived in Orange County for a decade. Anti-Semitism, from what I noticed, was second only to hatred of Hispanics.

They tend to drink heavily - and will, after half an hour so so, start spouting off in this direction with little or no encouragement.

[Boomerproud]

2. Ewww. He is ugly inside and out.

Come on Californians, it is up to you to stop this at the ballot box.

[sandensea]

6. They will. Senator Feinstein will be reelected in a landslide, I'm sure.

Having said that, I for one would like to see Little emerge as the leader among the Rethug candidates.

The GOP has been very good, over the years, at pretending these characters are "out of the party mainstream." Nonsense.

A strong Little showing would help dash that meme once and for all.

[IluvPitties]

3. Punk.

[manor321]

5. Disputed

The poll behind this is disputed:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/12/1763798/-Please-Stop-Sharing-the-Diary-Showing-that-a-Nazi-is-Winning-in-California

[sandensea]

8. I wouldn't be surprised to see him get 18% - more, if he ratchets up his anti-Hispanic rhetoric

I lived in Orange County for years, and can tell you that his is a common sentiment among the state's Republicans.

The op-ed claims this was a case of mistaken identity of sorts - that Little was picked simply because his name sounds "traditional" and not enough other Republicans were mentioned.

While I don;t doubt there was some of that, keep in mind that Little's ejection form the May 5 state GOP convention was very well-publicized, and in fact is what first made him familiar to California Republicans.

And suffice it to say, they liked what they saw (many of them, anyway).

[spanone]

7. trump will inspire a generation of nazis. fuck them one and all.

[FiveGoodMen]

9. During WWII, we knew what to do with Nazis

It's time we got back to that wisdom.

[appalachiablue]

10. K&R. For visibility. The Nazis among us, who would have known.