More Fun News from Tennessee
The only Republican candidate in a Tennessee race for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives is an unabashed racist and a proponent of eugenics. James L. Hart has run for the seat before and has drawn little attention. However, people began to notice him when they realized he was the only Republican on the primary ballot.
Another Republican, Dennis Betrand led an unsuccesful write-in campaign to get himself on the ballot. He gained only 1,554 votes compared to Hart’s 7,671, or 83 percent.
If elected, Hart says he will work toward keeping “less favored races” from reproducing or immigrating to the U.S. In his campaign literature, Hart states that “poverty genes” threaten to transform the country into “one big Detroit.”
In November, Hart will face incumbent Rep. Jack Tanner, a Democrat who has held the seat for 15 years.
The Republicans would do well to kick these wackos out of the party, lest they encourage more to run under their party’s banner.
(Thanks Lauren, for catching this story.)
Indeed.
Oops: The link in my comment above is out of date, as of the story Sho posted.
Jesus: The Tennessee GOP had better do something pretty drastic about this.
Obligatory Robert Byrd reference: this guy makes Robert Byrd look like Martin Luther King.
Yeah, that guy is a bundle of laughs.
What I don’t understand is how he even made it this far through the process. He isn’t a Republican, doesn’t claim to be a Republican, and the party is vigorously endorsing someone else after having planned to sit this one out against a strong Democratic incumbent. Anyone know how this works? Can any headcase file as a candidate for any party they please, or is there more to the story here?