Son and Daughter Publicly Oppose Father's Candidacy for State House Over Anti-Semitic, Racist Opinions
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The son and daughter of a candidate for Missouri’s state legislature have a message for the public – don’t vote for their dad.
After Steve West clinched the nomination for Missouri House District 15 in June, news emerged of homophobic, anti-Semitic, Islamophobic and racist rhetoric he released on his radio show and website, according to the Kansas City Star .
Emily and Andy West reached out to the Star to oppose her father’s candidacy this week. Emily West said she decided to speak out against her father’s candidacy after she noticed that the community was littered with his campaign posters.
“A lot of his views are just very out there,” she said. “He’s made multiple comments that are racist and homophobic and how he doesn’t like the Jews.”
“My dad’s a fanatic. He must be stopped,” Andy West said. “His ideology is pure hatred. It’s totally insane.”
Anti-Semitism is again dominating the headlines after 11 people were killed Saturday in a mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh that is being called the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in U. S. history.
Authorities said the gunman told a SWAT officer after he was shot and captured that “I just want to kill Jews.” The accused shooter appeared to have an extensive anti-Semitic social media profile, posting one threatening message just minutes before the attack.
Steve West is a republican. So, this HELPS him with the gop...
It seems as though I am hearing more and more examples of antisemitism. I'm not sure if this is a good or bad thing. I'm torn. Part of me feels it's good to know who these people are and what they truly think. Another part of me doesn't want to give them a microphone or platform to broadcast their hate and warped thinking.
Yeah, that's a tough one. The good news is that a grand jury just issued indictments to 4 of Trump's white supremacist supporters. The bad news is that there are another 60 million bigoted dimwits just like them.
The most interesting thing I observe from 'this Trump phenomena' is the division it creates within families, friends, neighbors and even strangers. This is by design, isn't it?
As far as Andy West, the son of the Statehouse candidate. Many years ago I read a book written by a young German chronicling life in Augsburg Germany in 1935-36. His work centered on the interactions of the people during this period. Families, neighborhoods and friends were splintered. Can not remember the name of the author or the name of the book, but a new edition said that the author was killed in 1942 at Tobruk, a soldier in Rommel's Panzer Corp. I wonder if he saw this coming and knew nothing would stop it?
Something strange is going on. Look around, people.