“Alt-right” troll Peter Imanuelsen defended GOP congressional candidate Paul Nehlen's anti-Semitism

Imanuelsen, who calls himself Peter Sweden, has denied the Holocaust and called Jews a separate race from Europeans

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Far-right vlogger Peter Imanuelsen jumped to defend the anti-Semitic, “alt-right” congressional candidate Paul Nehlen after Nehlen tweeted that “Jews (and others) who do not acknowledge this fact [that Jesus is the Messiah] will burn in hell.” In two tweets, Imanuelsen argued that Nehlen’s comment actually was “very pro-semitic.”

Jesus is the Messiah. He is One with the Father and the Holy Ghost.



Jews (and others) who do not acknowledge this fact will burn in hell. https://t.co/gs2wBPqyKs

— Paul Nehlen (@pnehlen) January 21, 2018

This is not an anti-semitic statement contrary to what fake news media is trying to spin it as



This is just a basic Christian doctrine. If you believe in religious freedom, then people have the right to say this



If you want to get to heaven, you have to believe Jesus is Messiah https://t.co/lQlh7slNzD

— PeterSweden (@PeterSweden7) January 23, 2018

This is not an anti-semitic statement.



In fact, it is very pro-semitic.



Paul is trying to help the Jewish people to get to heaven by evangelizing them about Christ.



That is love. https://t.co/lQlh7slNzD

— PeterSweden (@PeterSweden7) January 23, 2018

Imanuelsen has a well-documented history of Holocaust denial and anti-Semitic commentary, but claims to have renounced those beliefs. But as recently as October, Imanuelsen attended an event held by the neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement. The group reportedly gives press passes only to journalists they approve.

He has also made a name for himself in bigoted and conspiracy theorist circles. He regularly tweets unsourced or unsubstantiated claims that allege Sweden’s immigrants and refugees are responsible for sexual violence, bombings, gang activity, and other criminality, and that such activity is underreported or covered up by the Swedish police. Imanuelsen has also previously said he doesn’t believe in evolution, that feminism “goes against God’s order,” that people should get “capital punishment” as a “consequence” of “being homo,” that Jews are a “seperate (sic) race from Europeans,” and that the moon landing was a hoax perpetrated by freemasons.