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Missouri House candidate is "racist" and "homophobic," his daughter says

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Missouri House candidate is "racist" and "homophobic," his daughter says

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Missouri GOP House candidate Steve West

11/1/18
LIBERTY, Mo. -- The son and daughter of a Missouri House candidate are urging voters not to elect him. Emily and Andy West sayid their father, 64-year-old Steve West, is racist, homophobic and opposes Jews and Muslims. Steve West gained attention after winning the GOP primary in August for a northwest Missouri House seat by nearly 25 points over three other candidates. Missouri Republican leaders quickly distanced themselves from West after word spread that he often espoused racism and other bigoted views on a radio show. "A lot of his views are just very out there," Emily West told the Kansas City Star. "He's made multiple comments that are racist and homophobic and how he doesn't like the Jews." The Star reports Andy West said electing his father to the Legislature would legitimize his views. "My dad's a fanatic. He must be stopped," Andy West said. "His ideology is pure hatred. It's totally insane."

Racists tend to gravitate to Trumpism. Last month all 6 of Arizona GOP Rep. Paul Gosar's siblings urged people to vote for his Democratic opponent.

Related: Don't vote for our 'homophobic' and 'racist' dad, Missouri candidate's kids tell voters
 
Racism is such a watered-down word. Some folks just pray their political opponents get accused of racism. That's for example, their schtick. Which is worse? Racism or lack of border integrity? Dems would claim racism is worse (some GOPS, too).

BTW, dems consider border integrity as racism...:lamo There's a multitude of examples of racism to them.

I consider dems who go around calling others racist like AGW environmentalists. Concerned with an issue but will only use their ideology to solve it so they really aren't concerned, IMO. They're making political points, instead.
 
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Missouri House candidate is "racist" and "homophobic," his daughter says

steve-west.jpeg

Missouri GOP House candidate Steve West



Racists tend to gravitate to Trumpism. Last month all 6 of Arizona GOP Rep. Paul Gosar's siblings urged people to vote for his Democratic opponent.

Related: Don't vote for our 'homophobic' and 'racist' dad, Missouri candidate's kids tell voters

That is what he gets for not buying her that MY Little Pony set when she was a little girl.
The racist, homophobic bastid!
 
Missouri House candidate is "racist" and "homophobic," his daughter says

steve-west.jpeg

Missouri GOP House candidate Steve West



Racists tend to gravitate to Trumpism. Last month all 6 of Arizona GOP Rep. Paul Gosar's siblings urged people to vote for his Democratic opponent.

Related: Don't vote for our 'homophobic' and 'racist' dad, Missouri candidate's kids tell voters

Wow!
if all that is true and much of it seems supported, how does a person like that EVER get votes once he is exposed so badly..... so sad that many people dont care or feel the same way. Hopefully they just didnt know and the word is getting out.
 
So he wouldn't buy his kids new cars and put up down payment and co-sign on a mortgage for them?

"Homophobic and racist" probably means opposing open borders and opposing men being allowed in lady's restrooms.
 
Racism is such a watered-down word. Some folks just pray their political opponents get accused of racism. That's for example, their schtick. Which is worse? Racism or lack of border integrity? Dems would claim racism is worse (some GOPS, too).

BTW, dems consider border integrity as racism...:lamo

Keep in mind that our left/right disagreement on immigration is largely not between having open borders and not—the former being a straw-man. The real disagreement is whether there's an actual problem with the status-quo of immigration at all. Last time I checked, we have low unemployment, Obama deported 250 million people, and we've actually been hemorrhaging immigrants, relatively speaking.

Keeping that in mind, I absolutely think that electing a person with views so crazy that his kids are coming out against him, a person who literally despises a portion of Americans simply on ethnic grounds, is a huge problem, and more pressing than the oh-so-scary issue of illegal immigration.
 
Missouri House candidate is "racist" and "homophobic," his daughter says

steve-west.jpeg

Missouri GOP House candidate Steve West



Racists tend to gravitate to Trumpism. Last month all 6 of Arizona GOP Rep. Paul Gosar's siblings urged people to vote for his Democratic opponent.

Related: Don't vote fo
r our 'homophobic' and 'racist' dad, Missouri candidate's kids tell voters
That you see this as having anything to do with President Trump is another of endless examples on the forum of a bizarre and self destructive anti-Trump fixation.
 
Keep in mind that our left/right disagreement on immigration is largely not between having open borders and not—the former being a straw-man. The real disagreement is whether there's an actual problem with the status-quo of immigration at all. Last time I checked, we have low unemployment, Obama deported 250 million people, and we've actually been hemorrhaging immigrants, relatively speaking.

Keeping that in mind, I absolutely think that electing a person with views so crazy that his kids are coming out against him, a person who literally despises a portion of Americans simply on ethnic grounds, is a huge problem, and more pressing than the oh-so-scary issue of illegal immigration.

So your straw man is that illegal immigration isn't a big deal?
 
Keep in mind that our left/right disagreement on immigration is largely not between having open borders and not—the former being a straw-man. The real disagreement is whether there's an actual problem with the status-quo of immigration at all. Last time I checked, we have low unemployment, Obama deported 250 million people, and we've actually been hemorrhaging immigrants, relatively speaking.

Keeping that in mind, I absolutely think that electing a person with views so crazy that his kids are coming out against him, a person who literally despises a portion of Americans simply on ethnic grounds, is a huge problem, and more pressing than the oh-so-scary issue of illegal immigration.

It is exactly about open borders. Claiming otherwise is the strawman.
 
Missouri House candidate is "racist" and "homophobic," his daughter says

steve-west.jpeg

Missouri GOP House candidate Steve West



Racists tend to gravitate to Trumpism. Last month all 6 of Arizona GOP Rep. Paul Gosar's siblings urged people to vote for his Democratic opponent.

Related: Don't vote for our 'homophobic' and 'racist' dad, Missouri candidate's kids tell voters

Isn't this like the sixth GOP candidate whose family have disowned them and exposed as them as frauds????
 
Racism is such a watered-down word. Some folks just pray their political opponents get accused of racism. That's for example, their schtick. Which is worse? Racism or lack of border integrity? Dems would claim racism is worse (some GOPS, too).

BTW, dems consider border integrity as racism...:lamo There's a multitude of examples of racism to them.

I consider dems who go around calling others racist like AGW environmentalists. Concerned with an issue but will only use their ideology to solve it so they really aren't concerned, IMO. They're making political points, instead.

Well put! I agree
 
Missouri House candidate is "racist" and "homophobic," his daughter says

steve-west.jpeg

Missouri GOP House candidate Steve West



Racists tend to gravitate to Trumpism. Last month all 6 of Arizona GOP Rep. Paul Gosar's siblings urged people to vote for his Democratic opponent.

Related: Don't vote for our 'homophobic' and 'racist' dad, Missouri candidate's kids tell voters

Wow!
if all that is true and much of it seems supported, how does a person like that EVER get votes once he is exposed so badly..... so sad that many people dont care or feel the same way. Hopefully they just didnt know and the word is getting out.

Well heres more info on this guy.... yep he is definitely a bigoted loon lol wow...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...rs-shouldnt-elect-dad-report-says/1842284002/
https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article216387050.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/ste...i-house-candidates-kids-denounced-him-2018-10
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc...hobic-racist-dad-missouri-candidate-s-n929486
 
That you see this as having anything to do with President Trump is another of endless examples on the forum of a bizarre and self destructive anti-Trump fixation.

I referred to Trumpism - an ideology - not Donald Trump. Learn how to correctly parse words will ya?
 
Isn't this like the sixth GOP candidate whose family have disowned them and exposed as them as frauds????

Yup. Their families do what the GOP national/state leaders fail to do .... vet their candidates.
 
It is exactly about open borders. Claiming otherwise is the strawman.

'Open borders' is such a blatant red herring the wonder is that anyone buys it. It's just a scare tactic foisted on the American people by Trump and his minions.
No, Joko, the Democratic Party won't open the borders. No, the Democratic Party does not hate America. You've been played.
Thing about it is, though, the words are just fun to say, aren't they? Roll right off the tongue and leave behind a nice aftertaste of patriotism. Who needs the truth when the lies taste so nice?
 
That is what he gets for not buying her that MY Little Pony set when she was a little girl.
The racist, homophobic bastid!

He should have used a condom. :lol:
 
Racists tend to gravitate to Trumpism. Last month all 6 of Arizona GOP Rep. Paul Gosar's siblings urged people to vote for his Democratic opponent.

Define 'racism'...

Define 'Trumpism'...

You are currently making use of buzzwords and asserting a Void Argument...
 
wow, everyone in politics is "racist" and "homophobic"

Everyone whom many Democrats happen to dislike get labeled those things... Those Democrats use those words as buzzwords... They need to first define those terms...
 
His kids should of referred everyone to vote for another Republican who isn't racist.
 
He was running against a Democratic incumbent in a heavily Democratic district and lost. He won the primary because everyone knew the Republican couldn't win so no real Republican candidate bothered with it. End of story.
 
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