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Husted fired staffer over Nazi photo: Does GOP have an extremism problem?

Jon Husted's campaign fired political director Stephen Woytek after Nazi imagery and a Rhodesia-themed playlist surfaced online. The episode raises a question hanging over this year’s midterms: is either party actually harboring extremists, or is the word just a political weapon?

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