Politics & Government

GOP Candidate Who Denies Holocaust Get's Wolf's Religion Wrong

Illinois man with past neo-Nazi ties is running for congress and says Wolf's stance on Iran could lead to WWIII.

The name of U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10) popped in a story on Oak Lawn Patch in Illinois after a candidate for congress there mistakenly said Wolf is Jewish and pushing for policies against Iran that could lead to World War III.

Wolf is a Presbyterian, but the story has garnered significant attention, primarily because of the candidates denial of the Holocaust.

Arthur Jones, 64, is a Lyons, IL, insurance salesman who organizes family-friendly, neo-Nazi events around Adolf Hitler’s birthday and hopes to be the Republican nomination to run against Democratic Congressman Dan Lipinski in Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District.

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