Republican Governor Candidate Kris Kobach’s love affair with white nationalists seems to be a bit more than just a flirtation.
GOP consultants in the state had prior accused Kobach of hiring white nationalists for his campaign, in a story reported by the Topeka Capital Journal:
Kris Kobach’s gubernatorial campaign employs three men identified as members of a white nationalist group by two political consultants who have worked with Republicans in Kansas.
The Kobach campaign rejected the idea, saying it couldn’t at all be true.. and then, on the website of the Republican nominee appeared made up statistics — provided by none other than Holocaust denier Peter Gemma. The story, broken by Media Matters, lays out the case here:
On his campaign website, Kansas gubernatorial candidate Kris Kobach cites a made-up anti-immigrant statistic by white nationalist writer Peter Gemma, who worked for a group that opposes “all efforts to mix the races of mankind.” Gemma has also been involved in the Holocaust denial movement and reportedly praised a leading Holocaust denier for “uncovering documents and evidence some historians don't like to admit.”
Instead of putting issues on his campaign website, Kobach instead chooses to link to his columns at Breitbart — letting loyal Republicans figuring out what he means about Kansas issues based on his musings about national issues.
What’s interesting is that in comparison, Democratic Candidate Laura Kelly actually lists issues and how they relate to Kansas, while Kris Kobach has on his “issues” page discussions about the Virginia elections and whether or not they were rigged.
Kobach also has his hardcore supporters at Stormfront.Org — don’t visit, just because I had to click to find trash, I would encourage you NOT to — a website designed for American Neo-Nazis with plenty of support for Kobach.
The Kobach campaign has continued to say the fact that he is admired by nazis, that some neo-nazis apparently worked for him, and that he quotes neo-nazis and holocaust deniers are just a giant coincidence and should be ignored.