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That one -- the frontman of the Nazi punk band "Pogrom" -- right? So you're willing to stick a label onto a whole political party because someone from a punk band said controversial things and generally trolled the public?
Normally, no, I wouldn't take a punk band's politics seriously, but when the frontman of a Nazi punk band gets elected, that's different.
Plus, he's not the only one:
I mean, obviously a random member of a party's views do not represent the party, but when they are leaders or get elected, thats different.
When they get elected, that's evidence about the voters, not about the party.
But the party approved their candidacy.
The party admitted them as a member, and given that, why wouldn't it approve their candidacy? Especially since I don't think there was much of an in-party contest in this case. It's not like the primaries for POTUS elections.