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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Erum Salam

Members of Texas Republican party free to associate with Nazi sympathizers

The U.S flag and the Texas State flag fly over the Texas state capitol in Austin, Texas.
The U.S flag and the Texas State flag fly over the Texas state capitol in Austin, Texas. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

Members of Texas’s Republican party are free to associate with Nazi sympathizers without worries of violating internal policy after they held a vote on Saturday.

In a 32-29 vote, the party’s executive committee decided against excluding from their organization those “known to espouse or tolerate antisemitism, pro-Nazi sympathies or Holocaust denial”. A proposal to ban such individuals was included in a resolution supporting Israel as it wars with Hamas in Gaza.

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