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Texas Republican Party rejects ban on associating with Nazi sympathizers

On Saturday, the Executive Committee of the Texas Republican Party considered the following resolution:

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Republican Party of Texas have no association whatsoever with any individual or organization that is known to espouse anti-Semitism, pro-Nazi sympathies, or Holocaust denial.

The Executive Committee voted down the proposal by a vote of 32-29. According to the Texas Tribune, several members of the Executive Committee said the word "anti-Semitism" was "too vague" and "could create future problems for the party, its leaders and candidates." Executive Committee member Dan Tully called the resolution a "slippery slope." 

The resolution was prompted by a meeting between Jonathan Stickland — president of the far-right Defend Texas Liberty PAC and a former state representative — with notorious white supremacist Nick Fuentes last month. Fuentes describes himself as “just like Hitler,” denies the Holocaust, defends Jim Crow segregation, and says that he’s seeking a “total Aryan victory.” 

The meeting, which lasted seven hours, occurred at the headquarters of Pale Horse Strategies, a political consulting group owned by Stickland. Matt Rinaldi, the chair of the Texas Republican Party, was seen entering the building while Fuentes was there. Rinaldi denies meeting Fuentes but hasn't detailed what he was doing at Pale Horse Strategies. Strickland and Rinaldi are close associates.