Paul Nehlen

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Paul Nehlen
Born (1969-05-09) May 9, 1969 (age 55)
Ohio, United States
Education Widener University
University of Delaware (BA)
University of Phoenix (MBA) [1]
Occupation(s)Politician, businessman
Known forRunning against Paul Ryan in Wisconsin's 1st congressional district
Political party Republican
SpouseGabriela Lire
Children2
WebsiteCandidate website: electnehlen.com

Paul Nehlen (born May 9, 1969) is a white supremacist [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] and former Congressional candidate from Wisconsin. During the 2016 and 2018 Republican Party primary elections in Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, he spouted various racist, white nationalist, nativist, protectionist, and antisemitic views. In 2016 he was defeated by incumbent Paul Ryan by 84 to 16 percent. The 2018 primary was won by Bryan Steil; Nehlen came third. [5] [7] [8]

Contents

An April 2018 article in The Daily Beast declared that Nehlen was becoming one of the highest profile white nationalists in the United States, but he has been unsuccessful politically, also losing the support of Breitbart News. His online accounts have been closed at Twitter and Gab because of his activities. [7] Since early 2018 he has gained notice only for controversial remarks and largely disappeared from coverage in 2019.

Early life

Nehlen was born in Ohio, and has lived in Delavan, Wisconsin since 2014. [9]

He became a successful businessman and had stints at Deltech Engineering/United Dominion Industries and SPX Corporation, [10] and he served until 2016 as the Senior VP of Operations at Neptune-Benson LLC, a subsidiary of Evoqua Water Technologies. He holds several patents related to filtering and manufacturing methods. [11] In 2014, he registered a consulting business, Blue Skies Global LLC. It does not appear to have conducted any business to date. [12] Nehlen was an advisory board member from the Midwest Region of Operation Homefront until 2016.

Views

Nehlen has espoused alt-right, racist, white nationalist, nativist, protectionist, and antisemitic views. [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] He has used white nationalist memes to spread his message. Nehlen frequently uses the slogan: "It's OK to be white." [19] He was formerly backed by Steve Bannon. [19] [20] [21] Nehlen endorsed Republican Roy Moore in the 2017 Alabama U.S. Senate special election. [19] [22] A few have said his views and actions show he has neo-Nazi ideology [23] [24] [25] and he has been endorsed by neo-Nazis. [26]

Lawful speech

On December 14, 2017, Nehlen's campaign for the 2018 congressional election released a statement calling for a federal law banning large social media companies from censoring or restricting 'lawful speech' (speech protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution) on their platforms. Nehlen's proposed bill includes fines of $500,000 for each violation. Supporters of Nehlen have used the hashtag #ShallNotCensor online to show their support for this position. Limitations to said speech would include "No publishing any individual's nonpublic residential address, telephone number, or email address without their consent". [27] However, Nehlen's campaign has posted private phone and email addresses without their consent on the website and then tweeted a link to them. [28] [29]

Jews

On Twitter, he suggested Ari Cohn convert to Christianity to "fill a Jesus-shaped hole" inside of him. [19] [30] Nehlen said he was reading The Culture of Critique (1998) by Kevin B. MacDonald and described it as "outstanding so far". [31] [32] [33] He called John Cardillo and Kurt Schlichter "shekels-for-hire" and posted a tweet with the antisemitic catchphrase "The goyim know" (referencing a theory about an alleged Jewish conspiracy and Gentiles being aware of said conspiracy). [15] In an attempt to provide a double standard, Nehlen sent a text message to The Washington Post, in which he stated: "I reject being called a White Supremacist, because clearly Pro-White isn't White Supremacy unless Pro-Jewish is Jewish Supremacy." [34]

In a discussion with neo-Nazi Patrick Little on an alt-right podcast, Nehlen formally endorsed genocide. He is quoted as saying he wouldn't be "opposed to somebody ... leadin’ a million Robert Bowers to the promised land." [35]

Political opponents

Nehlen once posted on Twitter a picture of Paul Ryan and Randy Bryce being dropped out of a helicopter, a reference to death flights, a method of executing political opponents used by South American autocratic governments during the late 20th century. [36] [16]

Donald Trump

While running against incumbent Paul Ryan in the 2016 Republican primary for the seat representing Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, Nehlen was supportive of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, but was swamped by Ryan. [37] [38] By 2018, however, he was criticizing Trump, describing him as a "cuck" and a failure. [39]

Meghan Markle

On February 9, 2018, Nehlen tweeted an image of Prince Harry with an offensive picture superimposed over the face of his American, biracial fiance Meghan Markle, with the words "Honey, does this tie make my face look pale?" Nehlen was subsequently suspended from Twitter. He objected to this as a violation of his free speech. [3] [40]

Border wall and immigrants

In late February 2018, Nehlen was a guest on the radio show of David Duke, commenting to Duke that Trump's proposed border wall should include automatic turrets. Nehlen stated that any Mexican immigrant who approaches the American border should "be treated as an enemy combatant. Man, woman or child." [39]

Social media bans

In February 2018, after a series of racist and antisemitic tweets, [41] [42] he was permanently suspended, or banned from Twitter. [42] [43] [44] The Republican Party of Wisconsin has cut off ties with Nehlen, saying that his "ideas have no place in the Republican Party". [45]

In April 2018, Nehlen allegedly doxed alt-right people that he saw as too moderate, willing to compromise, or unwilling to take militant street action. [46] Gab, an alt-tech platform, banned Nehlen for doxing a troll who went by the name Ricky Vaughn. After doxing the troll, who gained notoriety by posting popular racist and antisemitic memes, Nehlen claimed that the troll's real name is Douglass Mackey. [47]

In May 2019, Facebook, Inc. banned Nehlen and other controversial right-wing figures, including Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, Laura Loomer, and Paul Joseph Watson from the company's platforms, including Facebook and Instagram. [48] [49]

Political career

2016 primary

For his run in the 2016 Wisconsin's 1st congressional district primaries, he received endorsements from Breitbart News and the Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund and people such as Laura Ingraham and Sarah Palin. [50] [51] He was defeated, getting 16% of the votes versus Paul Ryan with 84% of the votes. [52] When he posted a ballot selfie on election day, the Town of Delavan police said he had committed election fraud, a Class I felony. The police said he deliberately delayed an investigation by doing a factory reset on the phone and erasing the SIM card. Assistant District Attorney Haley Johnson said the ballot selfie was "technically a violation" of law, but decided not to issue criminal charges, stating Nehlen had "ignorantly posted the image to draw attention to his candidacy," and not vote buying. Johnson wrote "It is unfortunate that Mr. Nehlen showed such little regard for a law enforcement investigation." [53]

2018 primary

Nehlen ran again in the 2018 Republican primary against Nick Polce for the seat vacated by Paul Ryan, who was retiring. [54] [55] He was backed by Steve Bannon until Roy Moore was defeated. Nehlen has alienated Breitbart and has been strongly criticized by the group. [19] [20] [21] On December 27, 2017, Bannon's adviser Arthur Schwartz said Nehlen is "dead to us" and "Bannon cut all ties with him and tossed him to the curb." Breitbart senior editor Joel Pollak said: "We don't support him." [56] [57] On December 27, Pollak tweeted that Breitbart had not covered Nehlen in months. On December 18, 2017 he was a featured guest on Curt Schilling's Breitbart radio show Whatever It Takes; Schilling unequivocally expressed his endorsement of Nehlen. [58]

Callum Borchers of The Washington Post said "Breitbart's move is political calculus" because it "needs to align itself with politicians who can win to help regain the appearance of influence Moore's defeat damaged." [59]

On February 13, 2018, Wisconsin GOP spokesman Alec Zimmerman said, "Nehlen and his ideas have no place in the Republican Party." Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said, "It looks to me like he's a racist bigot." Ryan's campaign spokesman Kevin Seifert said, "It has long been clear that Paul Nehlen holds bigoted views." Nehlen responded with, "I am a member of the Republican Party regardless of what their traitorous, spineless apparatchiks believe," adding his agenda should "be the centerpiece of the Republican Party." [45]

Personal life

Nehlen is married to Gabriela Lira; they have had no children together. He has two adult sons from a previous marriage. [60]

Electoral history

U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin's 1st district, Republican primary, 2016 [61]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Paul Ryan (incumbent)57,36484.06
Republican Paul Nehlen10,86415.92
ScatteringN/A150.02
Total68,243100
U.S House of Representatives, Wisconsin's 1st district Republican primary, 2018 [62]
PartyCandidate [63] Votes%
Republican Bryan Steil 30,88351.6
Republican Nick Polce8,94514.9
Republican Paul Nehlen6,63511.1
Republican Kevin Adam Steen6,26210.5
Republican Jeremy Ryan 6,22110.4
Republican Brad Boivin9241.5
Total59,870100

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