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Texas GOP Rejects Ban on Associating With Nazi Sympathizers, Report Says

‘SLIPPERY SLOPE’

“It could put you on a slippery slope,” a committee member was quoted saying.

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The Texas GOP executive committee has voted against a measure that would ban Republicans from associating with Holocaust deniers and Nazi sympathizers, The Texas Tribune reports. By a 32-29 vote, the committee removed the clause from a pro-Israel resolution. It would have disallowed the party from associating with people who “espouse or tolerate antisemitism, pro-Nazi sympathies or Holocaust denial.” The measure came after Texas ultraconservative Jonathan Stickland hosted an event for Hitler admirer Nick Fuentes. “It could put you on a slippery slope,” committee member Dan Tully said of the ban.

Read it at The Texas Tribune