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																	| Pima County, Arizona Libertarian 
							Party perennial fringe political candidate, 
							conspiracy theorist and outspoken Holocaust denier. |  |  
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																	| Pima Supes 
																	Appoint 
																	Holocaust 
																	Denier As 
																	Libertarian 
																	Party 
																	Official |  
																	| "In a split 
																	vote 
																	Tuesday, the 
																	Pima County 
																	Board of 
																	Supervisors 
																	approved the 
																	Libertarian 
																	Party's 
																	request to 
																	appoint a 
																	perennial 
																	fringe 
																	political 
																	candidate, conspiracy 
																	monger and 
																	outspoken 
																	Holocaust 
																	denier as 
																	a precinct 
																	committeeman. David 
																	Croteau, 
																	who 
																	unsuccessfully 
																	ran for a 
																	series of 
																	political 
																	offices as a 
																	Green Party 
																	candidate 
																	before being 
																	kicked off 
																	that group's 
																	executive 
																	committee 
																	due to his 
																	antisemitic 
																	views, has 
																	now joined 
																	the 
																	Libertarians 
																	and will 
																	fill a 
																	vacant spot 
																	in the 
																	lowest-level 
																	of elected 
																	offices in 
																	the county, 
																	as a party 
																	official in 
																	his 
																	precinct."  
																	[...] "But 
																	Croteau's 
																	pattern of 
																	rhetoric 
																	pushing 
																	pro-Nazi 
																	themes 
																	prompted 
																	"no" votes 
																	from Board 
																	Chair 
																	Adelita 
																	Grijalva and 
																	Supervisor 
																	Matt Heinz, 
																	both 
																	Democrats, 
																	after his 
																	name was 
																	pulled from 
																	the consent 
																	agenda for 
																	an 
																	individual 
																	vote." |  
																	| Mar. 7, 2023 |  
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																	| Celebration 
																	Of Tucson's 
																	Desert Rock 
																	Dumps 
																	Holocaust 
																	Denier Who 
																	Spreads Nazi 
																	Memes |  
																	| ""Is 
																	the 
																	Holocaust a 
																	Hoax? Short 
																	Answer: OF 
																	COURSE. Within 
																	five 
																	minutes, any 
																	intelligent, 
																	open-minded 
																	person can 
																	be convinced 
																	that the 
																	Holocaust 
																	gassings of 
																	World War II 
																	are a 
																	profitable 
																	hoax," began 
																	one such 
																	2017 screed, 
																	which was 
																	(as the 
																	Sentinel 
																	reported at 
																	the time) 
																	re-posted by 
																	perennial 
																	fringe 
																	political 
																	candidate 
																	"Green 
																	Party Dave" 
																	Croteau." |  
																	| Apr. 14, 
																	2022 |  
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																	| Perennial 
																	Green 
																	Candidate 
																	Croteau 
																	Posts 
																	Holocaust 
																	Denial, 
																	Anti-Semitic 
																	Meme |  
																	| "David 
																	Croteau, 
																	a frequent 
																	Green Party 
																	candidate 
																	for various 
																	local 
																	offices, 
																	posted a 
																	virulent 
																	anti-Semitic 
																	meme on 
																	Facebook on 
																	Monday — a 
																	post that 
																	accused the 
																	Jews of 
																	"mass 
																	murder" and 
																	"control of 
																	the media" 
																	and 
																	financial 
																	institutions. He 
																	followed it 
																	by sharing a 
																	post denying 
																	that the 
																	Holocaust 
																	took place. 
																	The meme 
																	posted by 
																	the Tucsonan 
																	included the 
																	usual 
																	anti-Jewish 
																	statements 
																	familiar 
																	from too 
																	many hate 
																	screeds: 
																	that the 
																	Jews 
																	instigate 
																	wars and 
																	create 
																	chaos, have 
																	murdered 
																	millions and 
																	cover up 
																	their crimes 
																	by 
																	controlling 
																	the media. 
																	Responding 
																	to comments 
																	on the post, 
																	which 
																	attracted 
																	attention, 
																	Croteau — 
																	who 
																	frequently 
																	shares 
																	conspiratorial 
																	claims that 
																	"the 
																	Zionist 
																	State" was 
																	behind the 
																	World Trade 
																	Center 
																	attacks in 
																	2001 — 
																	again 
																	claimed that 
																	Israel 
																	attacked the 
																	United 
																	States on 
																	9/11." |  
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																	| Pima County 
																	Sheriff 
																	Candidate 
																	Croteau 
																	Found Guilty 
																	Of Assault |  
																	| "Pima County 
																	Sheriff 
																	candidate 
																	for the 
																	Green 
																	Party, David 
																	Croteau, 
																	was found 
																	guilty of 
																	assault, 
																	trespassing 
																	and 
																	disorderly 
																	conduct in 
																	Tucson City 
																	Court. 
																	Croteau’s 
																	nearly 
																	weekly 
																	aggressive 
																	rants 
																	resulted in 
																	an assault 
																	on Army 
																	recruiters, 
																	trespassing 
																	on private 
																	property and 
																	disruption 
																	of normal 
																	operations, 
																	resulting in 
																	the disorderly 
																	conduct charge. 
																	Croteau must 
																	pay a $500 
																	fine or 
																	perform 50 
																	hours of 
																	community 
																	service. 
																	When asked 
																	by Judge 
																	Klotz how 
																	soon the 
																	Court could 
																	expect 
																	Croteau 
																	perform his 
																	community 
																	service, 
																	Crouteau 
																	told the 
																	judge that 
																	he wasn’t 
																	sure as he 
																	was busy now 
																	running for 
																	Pima County 
																	Sheriff. 
																	Croteau did 
																	not call his 
																	witness, 
																	“Locolizrd 
																	Shaun 
																	Occupyearth 
																	Parker,” 
																	after the 
																	recruiters 
																	and 
																	witnesses 
																	testified as 
																	to Croteau’s 
																	abusive and 
																	disruptive 
																	behavior." |  
																	| Sep. 15, 
																	2012 |  
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