A conservative candidate who is running to replace House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) attacked a director at a libertarian-oriented group — who happens to be Jewish — on Twitter, saying he is only “pretending to be white” for nefarious reasons.

Far-right candidate Paul Nehlen took offense this week after Foundation for Individual Rights in Education director Ari Cohn tweeted about “Twitter Nazis,” according to a report at The Daily Banter.

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In the back and forth, Cohn wrote, “Sometimes Twitter Nazis remind me that I am Jewish. As if my last name would ever let me forget,” later adding, “I am … white,” before pointing out to Nehlen that he was the recipient of anti-Semitic comments from one of Nehlen’s followers.

Nehlen responded by calling Cohn a “bigot,” writing, “Just admit you are a (((bigot))) @aricohn and I’ll pretend you didn’t pretend you were white for the purposes of starting a race war w me.”

“It’s okay to be white,” Nehlen then tweeted. “It’s not okay to pretend to be for purposes of undermining whites. But you knew that.”

Cohn fired right back, tweeting: “You are unhinged. It has nothing to do with the fact that you’re white. It has everything to do with the fact that you’re an asshole. Get a grip, get some help.”

You can see the tweets below, along with Cohn documenting Nehlen’s history of racism and responses from Nehlen’s fans:

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Sometimes, Twitter Nazis decide to remind me that I’m Jewish. As if my name would ever let me forget. — Ari Cohn (@AriCohn) December 18, 2017

“Prostrating yourself for another race” And you deny you’re a white nationalist? I mentioned Jews because you don’t like them very much either. You’re a class act, I’ll tell ya. https://t.co/Zg0yVacFqF — Ari Cohn (@AriCohn) December 18, 2017

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Zero white people can teach you the lesson @AriCohn teaches white people here. Congrats Ari. You won the interwebz. pic.twitter.com/gGENabvTj4 — Paul Nehlen (@pnehlen) December 18, 2017

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It’s okay to be white. It’s not okay to pretend to be for purposes of undermining whites. But you knew that. pic.twitter.com/6WBk4IXLGp — Paul Nehlen (@pnehlen) December 18, 2017

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Led by @AriCohn, the hyper-sexualized pajama boy contingent now mounts a limp-wristed attack. Did I miss the notice that today was designated gang/tribe initiation tweeting? pic.twitter.com/COVkCDOwkg — Paul Nehlen (@pnehlen) December 18, 2017

You are a (((bigot))). There @AriCohn. I fixed it for you. pic.twitter.com/OXWftizkem — Paul Nehlen (@pnehlen) December 18, 2017

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Part 1 of 5: Yesterday, I called @pnehlen a bigot and a racist. He denied the allegation. In the midst of said denials, here are some of the things I got from him and his followers. You be the judge. (And no, I don’t really care about what these idiots think, doesn’t bother me) pic.twitter.com/xuHWg2QLTW — Ari Cohn (@AriCohn) December 19, 2017

Part 2 of 5: Yesterday, I called @pnehlen a bigot and a racist. He denied the allegation. In the midst of said denials, here are some of the things I got from him and his followers. You be the judge. (And no, I don’t really care about what these idiots think, doesn’t bother me) pic.twitter.com/VAGYy3JfZ4 — Ari Cohn (@AriCohn) December 19, 2017

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Part 3 of 5: Yesterday, I called @pnehlen a bigot and a racist. He denied the allegation. In the midst of said denials, here are some of the things I got from him and his followers. You be the judge. (And no, I don’t really care about what these idiots think, doesn’t bother me) pic.twitter.com/bu4SiZkI6s — Ari Cohn (@AriCohn) December 19, 2017

Part 4 of 5: Yesterday, I called @pnehlen a bigot and a racist. He denied the allegation. In the midst of said denials, here are some of the things I got from him and his followers. You be the judge. (And no, I don’t really care about what these idiots think, doesn’t bother me) pic.twitter.com/2azg5wImRQ — Ari Cohn (@AriCohn) December 19, 2017

Part 5 of 5: Yesterday, I called @pnehlen a bigot and a racist. He denied the allegation. In the midst of said denials, here are some of the things I got from him and his followers. You be the judge. (And no, I don’t really care about what these idiots think, doesn’t bother me) pic.twitter.com/su1iDQzGek — Ari Cohn (@AriCohn) December 19, 2017

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(H/T The Daily Banter)