
Texas Congressional Candidate with Extremist Views Backed by Hard-Right Donors
A rookie congressional candidate in Texas, Jace Yarbrough, has received donations from figures like tech billionaire Peter Thiel and an endorsement from Donald Trump, despite holding extremist views.
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Read full article →Texas congressional candidate with extremist views backed by hard-right donors
After tech billionaire Peter Thiel and others donated to Jace Yarbrough’s campaign, Donald Trump endorsed him A rookie congressional candidate in a nine-way Texas primary has received the imprimatur of wealthy hard-right donors including tech billionaire Peter Thiel, Claremont Institute board chair Thomas Klingenstein and Charles Haywood, who once expressed a desire to be a “warlord”, according to new Federal Election Commission filings showing early donations to his campaign. In a recent candidate forum, Jace Yarbrough unapologetically staked out a series of extremist positions, saying that critics may call his approach to politics “bigoted and backward and oppressive and Nazi-ish”, but that he is “past trying to placate that in any way, shape or form”. Continue reading...
By Jason Wilson
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