Yes and no. There's a party endorsement process (before the primary), and in that there's considerable vetting--not all of it a good thing: that's where a lot of candidates fail some ideological litmus test. But, in most states, candidates who get enough signatures on a petition can run under whatever banner they like in the primary. And it's the primary election, not the endorsement, that determines who is the party's candidate.
With all this being said, I wouldn't worry too much about this dopoid Zirkle. Fascism is a real danger in the US, but the dangerous people won't be sporting swastikas or celebrating Hitler's birthday.
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Yes and no. There's a party endorsement process (before the primary), and in that there's considerable vetting--not all of it a good thing: that's where a lot of candidates fail some ideological litmus test. But, in most states, candidates who get enough signatures on a petition can run under whatever banner they like in the primary. And it's the primary election, not the endorsement, that determines who is the party's candidate.
With all this being said, I wouldn't worry too much about this dopoid Zirkle. Fascism is a real danger in the US, but the dangerous people won't be sporting swastikas or celebrating Hitler's birthday.