A print shop in Arizona was at the center of a race dispute after refusing to print 'Protect White Americans' signs for a right-wing extremist student group. 

Jim Torgeson, the owner of Mesa Sign Shop, refused to print some 16 of the signs ordered by the College Republicans United (CRU) group claiming they promoted 'hate speech.'

'You know what? Sue me,' Torgeson, a Republican, told AZ Central. 

'I'm not gonna be part of something that is meant to divide and incite people. This is hate speech. It's very thinly veiled, and I don't want anything to do with it.'

The signage design featured an image of a man and woman cradling a baby, all three depicted to be white, on a four-by-eight foot posterboard, according to the outlet. 

Yet, the shop, a known vendor for political campaigns, 'reneged' on printing the posters, Kevin Decuyper, 31, of the CRU said. 

A review on Google saw the CRU group slam the shop for refusing their business while agreeing in the past to printing signs for a trans mayoral candidate, and wrote: 'Bizarre politics at work here. No integrity.'

In a response, the shop said: 'If you don't see that your art would put people in danger, then I'm sorry,' noting that the Fountain Hills mayoral candidate had 'no hate on her signs.'

Torgeson, a member of Gilbert Town Council, told The Arizona Republic that Decuyper has been a 'known troublemaker' amongst Republicans. 

He added that he rarely refuses business, but noted an incident earlier in the year in which he declined to print signage that was designed with an inappropriate reference to a transgender candidate's genitalia. 

'I don't want to be the guy who feels guilty because somebody decided to beat her up behind a bar somewhere,' he told the outlet, noting that a person's gender is 'none of my business.'

Torgeson said that Decuyper had attempted to rush the payment for the requested signage and only sent over the design after the money had been paid.

The group leader had previously found himself in hot water following a series of ethno-nationalist comments online, including attacking 'the J's' and considering 'the final solution,' a term coined by Nazis in their extermination of Jewish people, in a 'clean and effective' way,' the outlet reported. 

According to AZCentral, he has since distanced himself from those previous comments in recent media interviews. 

Republicans United LLC, a group that has Decuyper listed as a principal, was listed on the invoice for the signage ordered from Mesa Sign Shop, the outlet reported. 

Republicans United is a national organization with a website promoting texts such as Henry Ford's 'The International Jew' as well as 'The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion,' which is a fabricated text claiming to document Jewish plans for world domination. 

Decuyper has been seen with a heavy involvement in the group, including establishing a chapter at Arizona State University, AZ Central reported. 

The group publicly states that it is in support of 'America First' candidates, mass deportations and have 'no foreign loyalty.'

'A candidate with an "R" next to their name does not automatically uphold Republican principles,' the site says. 

Torgeson stands by his decision to refuse their business, believing that the fallout would have been worse if he had printed the signs. 

'I'm not gonna say I'm surrounded by Black people every day,' he told the outlet. 'For God's sake, I live in Gilbert, [but] I don't judge people by race, creed, color, sex, nothing.'

The shop owner added: 'There's no winner when somebody's trying to incite division. I don't care what side of the aisle you're on.'  

The Daily Mail reached out to Mesa Sign Shop, Republicans United LLC and Kevin Decuyper for comment.