These midterm elections feature some really extreme, as in batsh*t, Republicans running. It’s kind of extraordinary, since the GOP, under Michael Steele, was initially all about extending that big tent. Apparently the base didn’t like that message, and so the Tea Party has given birth to candidates who are know-nothings, bigots, womb-controllers and empathy-free. Here’s a good example of a few of them.
People For the American Way has produced four new videos showing the extreme far-right views of four Republican candidates for US Senate: Ken Buck of Colorado; Ron Johnson of Wisconsin; Rand Paul of Kentucky, and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania.
These candidates promise to bring their dangerous agenda into the US Senate, and our videos show the candidates in their own words revealing their radical views on topics such as civil rights, LGBT and gender equality, climate change, the economy, and Social Security. You can find more information about all of the GOP’s extreme candidates for US Senate in People For the American Way’s The Rogues’ Gallery.
Here they are:
- Introduction
- Alaska: Joe Miller
- California: Carly Fiorina
- Colorado: Ken Buck
- Delaware: Christine O’Donnell
- Florida: Marco Rubio
- Kentucky: Rand Paul
- Missouri: Roy Blunt
- Nevada: Sharron Angle
- New Hampshire: Kelly Ayotte
- North Carolina: Richard Burr
- Ohio: Rob Portman
- Pennsylvania: Pat Toomey
- Utah: Mike Lee
- Wisconsin: Ron Johnson
- Washington: Dino Rossi
- A DeMinted Senate Won’t be DeLovely
- Conclusion
