Congressional Candidate Plans to Attend White Supremacist Event
The Council of Conservative Citizens (CofCC) loves the tea party movement and its candidates. They just can’t seem to get enough.
CofCC members at a recent event
What is most shocking and disturbing however is the extent to which Republican candidates for office have been courting the white nationalist organization.
It has been reported this week that Jason Sager, a Republican candidate for Congress in Florida’s Fifth District, will be attending the West Coast Council of Conservative Citizen’s “Freedom Rally” in Crystal River, FL this Saturday. Mr. Sager, who has been called “a ray of sunshine” by the Citrus County Tea Party, won support from the tea party movement for his pledge to restore the constitution and limit taxes. He intends to be the “conservative” choice in the upcoming Republican primary. Read more
San Diego Congressional Candidate Intimidated by Sheriff’s Dept.
On June 26 a sheriff’s deputy walked into a democratic fundraiser in a private home and pepper sprayed the attendees, most of whom were over 50 years old.
Francine Busby is a Democratic candidate running in 2010 for congress in California’s 50th District (including San Diego). In 2006 she lost the same seat in a controversial race against Republican Brian Bilbray. The Republican National Convention put 5 million dollars behind Bilbray’s campaign because of Busby’s growing popularity. Brian Bilbray is the chairman of the anti-immigrant House Immigration Reform Caucus and a staunch advocate of John Tanton’s anti-immigrant movement. The local minutemen chapter often praises him on their website.
Last Friday, one of Francine Busby’s supporters hosted a fundraiser in her home for the campaign. Ms. Busby made a brief speech in the host’s backyard, which ended at around 8:45 pm. The noise caught the attention of a neighbor who was so angered by their gathering, that he felt it necessary to shout derogatory comments about the candidate and homosexuals. Read more
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