How can you possibly be so blind? “Yeah well, we aren’t going to win so who cares if a self-professed Nazi is representing our party or not?”
Hint: the answer is that every decent person cares. If you are alright with a Nazi repressing your party because he won’t win, you are not a decent person. If your party is too lazy to run someone against a Nazi to keep him off the ballot they are not a decent party.
Even from a practical sense how can this be acceptable? Do you think anyone on the fence regarding other races is going to be more or less likely to vote republican after they do as little as possible in the face of an actual Nazi? Not exhausting every legal option leaves me concluding that republicans, or at least the ones in that district, don’t find Nazis all that objectionable.
I don't believe the RNC can simply oust him. So he runs no matter what. The obvious thing for them to do is denounce the guy, which they did.
It's not about being blind or partisan, it's simply being realistic. If there is some legal means they can use to get the fellow off the GOP ticket, they should pursue that. Throwing money out the window to run a candidate who can't win is a waste. They should give that money to the DNC candidate, that would make a statement without wasting a ton of cash.
As to weather or not it's "acceptable" for a Nazi to run, the legal answer is yes, yes it is. While we both find it reprehensible, it's not against the law. It's perfectly legal to hate anyone or any group you so choose, the law only requires that you tolerate them, not like them.
Honestly, the guy is a clown. He doesn't have a chance of winning, it's a publicity stunt. He'll get his face on the TV and get to rant out his message and offend lots of people. The mistake is giving him a platform, putting his face on the news and allowing him air time to spew his ignorance. That's what he wants, and that's what he'll get. He wins by us thinking he matters. He doesn't.