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Alabama GOP won't certify votes cast for Jim Bonner in PSC primary [View all]
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Alabama GOP won't certify votes cast for Jim Bonner in PSC primary
Updated 10:57 AM; Posted 8:34 AM
By Dennis Pillion dpillion@al.com
The Alabama state Republican Party has announced it will not certify ballots cast for controversial Public Service Commission candidate Jim Bonner in Tuesday's primary election, a day after the party formally censured him over comments he made on social media and in radio interviews that many found offensive.
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Bonner was censured by the state GOP's candidate committee on Wednesday after concerns were raised about posts Bonner made on Facebook and comments in radio interviews that have been called anti-Semitic, racist or otherwise offensive.
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In one post from 2017, Bonner shared a picture of a card reading "my love 4 u burns like 6,000 jews" with a picture of Adolf Hitler. He captioned it, "Awwwww I got a Valentine!!!"
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*AL.com reporter John Sharp contributed to this report.
**The story was updated at 9:57 a.m. to include Bonner's response.
Updated 10:57 AM; Posted 8:34 AM
By Dennis Pillion dpillion@al.com
The Alabama state Republican Party has announced it will not certify ballots cast for controversial Public Service Commission candidate Jim Bonner in Tuesday's primary election, a day after the party formally censured him over comments he made on social media and in radio interviews that many found offensive.
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Bonner was censured by the state GOP's candidate committee on Wednesday after concerns were raised about posts Bonner made on Facebook and comments in radio interviews that have been called anti-Semitic, racist or otherwise offensive.
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In one post from 2017, Bonner shared a picture of a card reading "my love 4 u burns like 6,000 jews" with a picture of Adolf Hitler. He captioned it, "Awwwww I got a Valentine!!!"
....
*AL.com reporter John Sharp contributed to this report.
**The story was updated at 9:57 a.m. to include Bonner's response.
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