Republican senator fires aide who used Nazi soldiers as Facebook profile picture
Washington Post report also reveals Jon Husted staffer Stephen Woytek created pro-Rhodesia playlist on Spotify
TL;DR
- Republican Senator Jon Husted fired his political director, Stephen Woytek.
- Woytek used a photo of Nazi SS soldiers from a historical re-enactment group as his Facebook profile picture.
- Woytek also created a Spotify playlist titled 'Tales from Rhodesia' that praised the former white-minority regime.
- Husted's campaign cited Woytek's lack of judgment and disregard for the impact of his social media activity.
- Woytek stated he rejects racist and antisemitic ideology and participates in historical re-enactments for educational purposes.
- LAH Living History Unit, the group Woytek followed, portrays the 1st SS Panzer division and claims to be non-political.
- This incident follows other controversies involving young Republicans expressing pro-Nazi sympathies online.