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Why did a former Oath Keeper leave over Holocaust denialism? Because of his Jewish family.

JL;DR SUMMARY Jason Van Tatenhove, a former spokesman for the far-right Oath Keepers militia, testified to the January 6 Committee about his departure from the group due to members' Holocaust denial. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish FamilyHolocaust DenialRacismExtremismAlgorithmsEcho ChamberJanuary 6Oath KeepersStewart RhodesJason Van Tatenhove

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Washington, Washington DC, United States
"Jason Van Tatenhove, who served as national spokesman for the Oath Keepers and as a close aide to Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, appears for testimony during the seventh hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on July 12, 2022, in Washington, D.C."
Green Pond, New Jersey, United States
"Van Tatenhove himself, who is 48, grew up in Green Pond, New Jersey, where one of his best friends, from age 2, was his cousin Sarah Coan Cwiak, who is a year younger."
Eureka, Montana, United States
"That day in late 2016, he said, four or five Oath Keepers were meeting in the small deli section in the back of Steins Market in the town of Eureka, near the Canadian border."
Nevada, United States
"Van Tatenhove said he was drawn to Oath Keepers after the federal governments 2014 standoff with Cliven Bundy, a Nevada rancher, and a similar 2015 confrontation at Sugar Pine Mine in Oregon."
Oregon, United States
"Van Tatenhove said he was drawn to Oath Keepers after the federal governments 2014 standoff with Cliven Bundy, a Nevada rancher, and a similar 2015 confrontation at Sugar Pine Mine in Oregon."

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