Jimmy Higgins
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I just caught this bit of news. The guy who, with his wife, stood outside their home, on their property with guns, as protestors walked past their home... is running for US Senate. He recently pleaded guilty to misdemeanors regarding his actions that day. This would be at least the second time he has inappropriately branded weapons in alleged disputes.
This seems like madness. Commit a crime and then run for office. It used to be run for office, get caught in a crime and stop running. How far he goes is hard to tell. The partisan winds these days are almost impossible to predict. Joe the Plumber attempted to aim at a lower target, and while winning the Republican nomination, was flattened in the General Election. Of course, Joe the Plumber didn't commit a crime. He was made famous for confronting Sen. Obama about how he couldn't keep the plumber practice he owned open (he didn't have a plumbing business).
McCloskey, armed with a semi-automatic weapon (now no longer in possession as part of the plea), stood in his yard while his wife, at times pointed her handgun at passerby protestors that had done nothing but walk through a gate (a gate that wasn't damaged by those protestors). Despite the other properties marched by not having armed people standing outside, managed to not be torn apart amid viscous rioters, making the whole gun issue quite unnecessary.
But hey, McCloskey says he isn't sorry. He'd do it again... you know because God tells him to.
Prior to 2016, Democrats would cheer on candidates like this. They would have a tendency of blowing the General Election, like Todd Akin ('legitimate rape'), Roy Moore ('older version of Gaetz', though technically 2017), and Christine O'Donnell ('witchcraft'). But these days, it is harder to be so sure the wingnut will lose.
This seems like madness. Commit a crime and then run for office. It used to be run for office, get caught in a crime and stop running. How far he goes is hard to tell. The partisan winds these days are almost impossible to predict. Joe the Plumber attempted to aim at a lower target, and while winning the Republican nomination, was flattened in the General Election. Of course, Joe the Plumber didn't commit a crime. He was made famous for confronting Sen. Obama about how he couldn't keep the plumber practice he owned open (he didn't have a plumbing business).
McCloskey, armed with a semi-automatic weapon (now no longer in possession as part of the plea), stood in his yard while his wife, at times pointed her handgun at passerby protestors that had done nothing but walk through a gate (a gate that wasn't damaged by those protestors). Despite the other properties marched by not having armed people standing outside, managed to not be torn apart amid viscous rioters, making the whole gun issue quite unnecessary.
But hey, McCloskey says he isn't sorry. He'd do it again... you know because God tells him to.
It is interesting he calls it an angry mob. Angry mobs usually act a bit more violently.McCloskey said:
Prior to 2016, Democrats would cheer on candidates like this. They would have a tendency of blowing the General Election, like Todd Akin ('legitimate rape'), Roy Moore ('older version of Gaetz', though technically 2017), and Christine O'Donnell ('witchcraft'). But these days, it is harder to be so sure the wingnut will lose.
