In September 2017, a report from Dagens ETC found that 14 former municipal representatives of the party had infiltrated the SD in order to financially support the Nordic Resistance Movement,[143][144] a neo-Nazi organization, through financial transactions,[143][144] memberships,[143][144] or purchases of antisemitic and racist literature or souvenirs.[143][144] In August 2018, 2 members were kicked out due to purchases of Nazi memorabilia online;[145] following the expulsions, Michael Erlandsson, one of the SD spokesmen,[145] publicly stated that people who "have these types of views and share these types of materials" have no place in the party.[145] 14 candidates were expelled from the party as well after being exposed as former members of neo-Nazi organizations.[146] Referring to the latest expulsions, SD leader Jimmie Åkesson declared that the party "works extremely hard to keep clean".[146]