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Jon Husted campaign staffer posted Nazi photo, Rhodesia playlist

U.S. Sen. Jon Husted's campaign fired its political director after learning he shared a photo of SS soldiers on Facebook.

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Akron Beacon Journal· Sep 12, 12:58 AMJon Husted campaign staffer posted Nazi photo, Rhodesia playlistAlso ran in Cincinnati Cincinnati Enquirer

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Ohio Republican in key Senate race fires campaign aide, citing social media photo of NazisThe campaign of Sen. Jon Husted, a Republican from Ohio, said that it had fired its political director after learning that he once posted a photo of Nazi soldiers as his profile picture on Facebook.

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