{"id":95772,"date":"2016-05-12T07:36:24","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T15:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=95772"},"modified":"2016-05-12T07:36:24","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T15:36:24","slug":"wp-they-dont-need-the-baggage-white-supremacist-resigns-as-trump-delegate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=95772","title":{"rendered":"WP: \u2018They don\u2019t need the baggage\u2019: White supremacist resigns as Trump delegate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington Post<\/a>: Johnson said he has been a leading voice of white supremacy since at least 1985, when he wrote a book proposing a constitutional amendment that would have limited U.S. citizenship to \u201cnon-Hispanic whites of the European race, in whom there is no ascertainable trace of Negro blood, nor more than one-eighth\u201d any other nonwhite race or ethnicity.<\/p>\n

He proposed that some \u201cHispanic whites\u201d would be eligible for U.S. citizenship provided \u201cthey are in appearance indistinguishable from Americans whose ancestral home is in the British Isles or Northwestern Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson has run for Congress in Wyoming and Arizona and a judgeship in California, and he has raised money for the presidential campaign of former congressman Ron Paul (R-Tex.). His campaigns have been based on \u201cwhite nationalist\u201d platforms, and he has even complained about fictional character Harry Potter kissing a \u201cChinese girl\u201d in a movie, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.<\/p>\n

However, Johnson has said on his law firm\u2019s website that he has long represented Japanese corporations doing business in the United States, and that he can \u201cspeak, read and write Japanese.\u201d The website is written mainly in Japanese, and Johnson speaks in Japanese in a video on the site. Johnson notes that he is looking for new Chinese clients.<\/p>\n

Johnson said he supports Trump because \u201che speaks his mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe won\u2019t govern by public opinion poll; he will speak what he thinks is right,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cI believe Ron Paul was that way, I believe [Democratic candidate] Bernie Sanders is that way. And regardless of your political beliefs, that is a refreshing change.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson, who said his American Freedom Party has experienced an increase in recruitment because of Trump, said he likes Trump\u2019s positions on \u201csecuring our borders and keeping the jobs back in America.\u201d<\/p>\n

But he said he doesn\u2019t think that Trump supports white supremacist causes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe he does not,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cIt\u2019s unrequited love.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson, whose proposed 1985 constitutional amendment would have denied U.S. citizenship to anyone who was more than one-eighth \u201cSemitic,\u201d said he is not bothered that Trump\u2019s daughter Ivanka converted to Judaism when she married an orthodox Jewish man.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do think it\u2019s better for a Christian to marry a Christian,\u201d he said. \u201cBut that\u2019s not my say, and it\u2019s not Donald Trump\u2019s say. That\u2019s his daughter\u2019s say.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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