A fired staffer's Nazi photo reopened an old fight: which party has the extremism problem?

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Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, speaks at the Republican convention Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Dallas. Recently, he fired a campaign staffer who posted a Nazi photo on social media. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Jon Husted fired his campaign’s political director recently over Nazi imagery on the young man’s old social media accounts, a fast exit aimed at keeping the Ohio Republican from being tagged as soft on extremism in a Senate race that’s tight enough to turn on exactly that kind of story.



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