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Erum Salam

Tennessee mayoral candidate accused of refusing to condemn ‘literal Nazis’

Downtown Franklin, Tennessee, where a Confederate statue stands.
Downtown Franklin, Tennessee, where a Confederate statue stands. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

A candidate running for mayor in Franklin, Tennessee, has been accused by the members of the city council of refusing to condemn “actual, literal Nazis”.

Gabrielle Hanson was at a candidates’ forum on 2 October when she received a visit by members of the Tennessee Active Club, a hate group known for promoting white nationalism. Members of the council, referred to as aldermen in Franklin, rebuked Hanson for enabling such hate groups, according to local news station WTVF.

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