After Roy Moore, the door was open for pretty much anyone—even Nazis. You may recall that the narrowly defeated Alabama senate candidate was accused by nine different women of sexual misconduct, many of whom say they were under 18 at the time. Moore was also a lawless theocrat who defied the rulings of higher courts; considered Christian law at least equal to, if not higher than, American civil law; said homosexuality should be illegal; said Muslims should not be allowed to serve in Congress; and suggested we ought to repeal the 14th and 15th amendments, passed after the Civil War to guarantee equal rights to black Americans. Moore had the support of the Republican National Committee and the President of the United States.

So, as a measure of the true horror of this American moment, it makes a perverse kind of sense to see Arthur Jones careening his way towards the Republican nomination for an Illinois congressional seat. Jones has no opponents in the Republican primary, even though he is a Holocaust denier, has a long record of anti-Semitism, white supremacy, and virulent racism, and once led the American Nazi Party. On this episode of Welcome to Dystopia, Jones was interviewed Thursday morning on CNN:

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Jones is a remarkable specimen of modern American life. He no longer calls himself a Nazi, yet he spends his time screaming about how Jews are to blame for everything and calling the Holocaust "an extortion racket." What else, exactly, does being a Nazi involve, besides the moral disasters that await if these views go unchallenged in the public square?

The Republican Party refuses to put a stop to his candidacy. Where is their opponent for Jones in the Republican primary—you know, someone who's not at least a de facto Nazi? The essential moral cowardice of today's Republican leadership is breathtaking. It's no longer enough for the Paul Ryans and Mitch McConnells to stand idly by as the president stomps on our democratic norms and makes a mockery of this nation's founding principles from the Oval Office. It's not enough for them to let Roy Moore happen. Now they may allow Arthur Jones to get dangerously close to the United States Congress, all because they're afraid of their own base.

History will not look kindly on any of them, but Jones is a new low. After all, Roy Moore at least bragged that one of his attorneys was Jewish. That attorney, it turns out, voted for Moore's Democratic opponent and raised money for his campaign. Anyone who can should do the same for whichever candidate is tasked with stopping Arthur Jones.

Jack Holmes Politics Editor Jack Holmes is the Politics Editor at Esquire, where he writes daily and edits the Politics Blog with Charles P Pierce.

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