UPDATE: Donald Trump Blames 'Database Error' On White Nationalist CA Delegate Selection

UPDATE: The Donald Trump campaign did select a white nationalist to be a California delegate, but they didn't do it on purpose, his campaign says:

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Donald Trump's campaign has chosen the leader of a white nationalist organization to be one of his California delegates at the Republican convention in July, according to a report from Mother Jones.

William Daniel Johnson, a Los Angeles attorney, was recently selected by the Trump campaign to be a delegate, Mother Jones reported, and has pledged to cast a ballot for Trump during every round of voting at the convention.

The Southern Poverty Law Center calls Johnson "an uninspiring but determined white separatist" who, among other things, has written a book advocating to repeal the 14th and 15th amendments. Johnson also calls for the deportation of non-white citizens in his book, according to the SPLC.

He leads the American Freedom Party, which, according to its website, "is a party that represents the interests and issues of European-Americans and all Americans who support our mission."

"I just hope to show how I can be mainstream and have these views," Johnson said in an interview with Mother Jones' Josh Harkinson. "I can be a white nationalist and be a strong supporter of Donald Trump and be a good example to everybody."

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