American Nazi Party Now Has Its Own Washington Lobbyist

As of this week, the American Nazi Party has a registered lobbyist. Disclosure records show that John Bowles registered the party on Tuesday.

According to the documents, he plans to lobby on “political rights and ballot access laws” — also listing “general lobbying issue areas,” including health care, immigration, the Constitution, agriculture and civil rights. From US News & World Report:

Bowles seemed genuinely puzzled when I asked him whether he really thinks that any members of Congress or Hill staffers would take a meeting with a Nazi lobbyist. “I don’t see why not,” he says, adding that he knows lobbyists rely on their credibility. “Of course I won’t approach anybody in Congress unless it’s a very interesting issue or law,” he promises. “I’m going to be very careful about the issues I choose for this.”

Bowles previously had a foray into politics in 2008 when he was a presidential candidate, under the National Socialist Movement. The party’s aim, according to their own website: “The American Nazi Party is a Political-Educational Association, dedicated to the 14 WORDS. We are committed to bringing American National Socialism, first created and embodied by our late Commander George Lincoln Rockwell, out of the past Phase One activities which at the time served their purpose well, and into the 21st Century.”

(H/T US News via The Hill)

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