Editing Arthur J. Jones

{{Villain_Infobox
|Image = Arthur J. Jones.jpg
|fullname = Arthur Joseph Jones
|alias =Art Jones 
|origin = Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
|occupation = Politician
|type of villain = Neo-Nazi
|goals = Spread his Neo-Nazi views (failed)
|crimes = [[Holocaust denial]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Homophobia]]<br>[[Propaganda]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Negrophobia]]<br>[[Anti-Native American Sentiment]]<br>[[Hate Speech]]<br>[[Hate crime]]s<br>
|hobby = Spreading anti-semitic conspiricy theories }}
{{Quote|The White majority are fed up with all of these lying, cheating, thieving, warmongering, child molesting political pimps and whores of this corrupt and decadent two-party, Jew party, queer party system!|Jones speaking at an American Nazi Party rally.}}'''Arthur Joseph "Art" Jones''' (born January 1, 1948) is an American Neo-Nazi and politician. He is a former leader of the [[American Nazi Party]]. He was the Republican candidate for Illinois's 3rd congressional district in the November 2018 midterm elections, losing to Democrat Dan Lipinski.

==Biography==
===Early life===
Jones was born in Beloit, Wisconsin, to Lillian Jones, a Sunday School teacher and Arthur Joseph Jones Sr., a factory worker and [[World War II]] veteran. He served in the United States Army in the [[Vietnam War]]. He studied at University of Wisconsin–Whitewater from 1974 and majored in political science and journalism.

Jones is an independent insurance broker who worked in commission sales for large insurance companies for 25 years.

===Electoral history===
Jones was a member of the National Socialist White People's Party for eight years and describes himself as a former leader of the American Nazi Party, the NSWPP's former name. He has also been a member of the Populist Party, a far-right political party active in the 1980s and 1990s.

A perennial candidate, Jones has run for various elected offices since 1976, but has never won an office. In that year, Jones unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1987, he unsuccessfully ran for alderman of the 13th Ward of Chicago. Jones has run for the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican eight times; in 1984, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2012, and 2018. In 1989 Jones had attempted to run for mayor of Chicago, but was denied inclusion on the Republican primary ballot due to issues regarding his candidature petition.

In 2017, Jones declared his intent to run for the Republican nomination for Congress from Illinois's 3rd congressional district in 2018; he was the only declared candidate of that party. His candidacy was repudiated by the Illinois Republican Party and the Republican National Committee. RNC spokesperson Michael Ahrens stated, "We condemn this candidate and his hateful rhetoric in the strongest possible terms". Jones won the primary unopposed on March 20, 2018 and moved on to face Democratic incumbent Dan Lipinski in the general election. Following his primary victory, Republican party officials encouraged members not to vote for Jones.

In January 2018, he became the only Republican candidate for Illinois's 3rd congressional district, despite that party's repeated disapproval of him gaining this position, as well as the controversy around him being a candidate. Despite the GOP disavowing, 26.5 percent of voters still voted for him in the general election on November 6, 2018, as he lost by 47 points

===Views===
Jones is an outspoken [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] denier, having described the Holocaust as a "lie" and a "racket." He is against interracial marriage and integration in schools. He has also attended multiple rallies celebrating [[Adolf Hitler]] and admires the [[Ku Klux Klan]], having spoken at many Klan rallies (he was even reportedly a member of his local chapter of the Klan at one point.) Jones also “saluted” [[Nation of Islam]] leader [[Louis Farrakhan]] for his views about Jews, as well as referring to Jews as the enemy. 

In 2016 he was a supporter of [[Donald Trump]] for president. Jones said in an interview then, "I agree with a lot of what Mr. Trump has to say [...] He's his own man. I like the fact that doesn't have to go hat in hand to Jewish billionaires to get money". In February 2018, Jones nonetheless said President Trump "surrounded himself with hordes of Jews", and regrets his 2016 vote. At a neo-Nazi meeting in Kentucky, Jones said that Trump "surrounded himself with hordes of Jews including a Jew in his own family, that punk named Jared Kushner", and moved on to say "I'm sorry I voted for the son of a bitch, pardon my English" and that Trump was "nothing but a puppet … this Jew-loving fool", all of which was also captured on video.

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, it takes thousands more signatures to get ballot-approved as an independent candidate than as a Republican; Jones therefore ran in 2016 as a Republican, but the party disavowed him and found technical reasons for removing him from past ballots. Again according to the Sun-Times, Jones took countermeasures in 2017 and 2018 for which the party was unprepared, and so he appeared on their ballot despite official Republican disapproval.

Jones is a regular attendee and guest speaker at many [[Alt-Right]] rallies, having spoken at events for the [[National Socialist Movement]] and the [[Aryan Nations]], among other organizations. He is considered to be one of the Alt-Right's most prominent politicians, despite never actually having been elected to public office.
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