Far-rightanti-immigration hardlinerKris Kobachlost the Kansas Republican Senate primary to Rep. Roger Marshall by more than 50,000 votes, marking the latest defeat for far-right America First candidates at the ballot box.
In 2020, several high-profile Republican candidates championed by far-right and white nationalist political activists have been rejected by their constituencies. Right Wing Watch reported in January thatwhite nationalists were excited by the prospect of Kobach, the former secretary of state of Kansas,serving in the Senate. White nationalist podcaster James Allsup told listeners at the time that having somebody like Kobach in the upper house, in a position of power, as an anti-immigration, as an immigration restrictionist leader, that would be immensely powerful going forward.
On Tuesday night the race was called, and the far-right activists who had supported Kobachs bid mourned his electoral loss online. Many America First white nationalist movement figures blamed the GOP for Kobachs defeat.
Back to the hills. Of course, weve been there before, Peter Brimelow, editor of the anti-immigrant,white nationalistpublication VDARE,said. He added that it was annoying that far-right commentator Ann Coulter was right about President Donald Trump. Coulter, once an avid supporter of Trump, hasattackedthe president in recent years and called Trump the most disloyal actual retard after he endorsed former Attorney General Jeff Sessions Republican primary opponent Tommy Tubervillein Alabama.
Fuck the weak Kansas Republicans who are looking at this primary as a victory.No matter what youre electing a member of the monoparty in November who hates you and will continue to sell you out to our globalist elites,far-right Kansas State studentJaden McNeilsaid. Enjoy your states continued degradation.
Scott Greer, a former editor at The Daily Caller who was revealed to be writing alt-right columns under a pseudonym, only offered one commenton Kobachs loss: Damn.
White nationalist and alt-right poster boy Richard Spencer theorized that Kobachs loss reflected the unpopularity of conservative nationalism. Spencer has been vocal in his disdain for the elements of the far-right that overtook him in popularity and the flaws he sees in those ranks.
Steve King . . . Jeff Sessions . . . Kris Kobach . . . then Donald Trump in November . . . TheAmerica First conservatives and supposed immigration hawks are falling like dominos, Spencertweeted. He later added, You can blame Trumps tactical failuresand there are manyyou can blame Jared and Ivanka, etc. At some point you must conclude that conservative nationalism isnt going anywhere, and its simply not very popular.
Joshua Foxworth, a Republican America First candidate in Texas who was trumped by incumbent Rep. Randy Weber ina blow-out loss in March, blamed Kobachs loss on the media.
The loss of Kobach in Kansas is upsetting but not surprising, Foxworthsaid. Almost no one can overcome a media that constantly promotes or opposes a candidate. Deplatforming of supporters doesnt help. The GOP is in danger of becoming a party without core issues and without a base.
But Kobachs loss does not exist in a vacuum. Other far-right supported candidates, like Sessions, Iowa Rep. Steve King, and Arizona former sheriff Joe Arpaio have seen their hopes for high office dashed.
Sessions campaign attempted to earn the support of far-right and anti-immigration voters, going so far as to tap far-right columnist Michelle Malkin to author a fundraising letterin May. Malkin made the play obvious, opening the letter by calling Sessions an old friend of the America First movement.But President Donald Trump, nursing a grudge against Sessions for recusing himself from the probe of Russian influence in the 2016 election, urged Republican voters to reject Sessions.Last month, Sessionslost Alabamas Republican runoff electionto Tuberville by more than 100,000 votes.
King, who has a sordid history of racist remarks during his nine terms serving in the U.S. House,lost the Iowa Republican primaryto Randy Feenstra by nearly 10 percentage points.
Andin Arizona, former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is facing a close contest against challenger Jerry Sheridan in a race to get his old job back afterreceiving a pardon from Trumpin 2017.(Arpaio was convicted of criminal contempt in going after undocumented immigrants.)With 90 of 99 vote centers counted at the time of publication, Sheridan is shownslightly ahead. Arpaio has not yet conceded the race.
William Gheen, president of theanti-immigrant Americans for Legal Immigration PAC mourned the loss of Sessions, Arpaio, Kobach, and King.
All four of Americas top illegal immigration fighters have fallen.Farewell Joe Arpaio, Kris Kobach, Jeff Sessions, and Rep. Steve King, Gheen said. Who would have ever guessed after four years of Trump our top voices against illegal immigration would [be] gone.
America First is inevitable, white nationalist and anti-Semitic podcaster Nick Fuentesdeclaredon July 7.
It would seem that its actually anything but.
However, these far-right losses at the ballot box are not indicators that extremism in the Republican Party is retreating, ratherthe opposite appears to be true. For certain far-right causeslike the America First movementthe defeats may prompt an exploration of options beyond electoral politics. And while extremists gaining legislative power can have disastrous consequences for a democracy, history has shown that extremists seeking solutions outside of the political system can alsoprove to be dangerous.
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