Children want their GOP Dad "Stopped"

[_Kevin Graham]

Only in Trump's America are a Republican candidate's own children speaking out against their father's bigotry.

Children Of Republican Missouri House Candidate Speak Out: ‘He Must Be Stopped’

“My dad’s a fanatic,” Steve West’s son said. “His ideology is pure hatred. It’s totally insane.”

Missouri General Assembly candidate Steve West may be popular among his district’s Republicans, but two of his children are hoping he will either drop out or lose his race next week.

The 64-year-old construction company owner is a bigot who isn’t fit for elected office, his daughter Emily and son Andy told The Kansas City Star on Monday.

West, who is seeking to unseat Democratic incumbent Jon Carpenter in the Missouri House District 15 race, drew backlash in August when local media reported he frequently promoted anti-Semitic, Islamophobic and homophobic views on his radio show.

“My dad’s a fanatic,” Andy West, the middle of the candidate’s three children, told the Star. “He must be stopped. His ideology is pure hatred. It’s totally insane.”

“If he gets elected, it would legitimize him,” he added. “Then he would become a state official, and he’s saying that Jews shouldn’t even have civil rights.”

Emily West told the Star she hasn’t spoken to her father since August, when she asked him to drop out of the race.

“I can’t imagine him being in any level of government,” she said. “He’s made multiple comments that are racist and homophobic and how he doesn’t like the Jews.”

n an interview with HuffPost on Wednesday, Steve West denied being anti-Semitic and blamed his “poisonous” relationship with his ex-wife for his children’s attitudes.

“They’re trying to do everything they can to vilify me,” he said. “That’s fine. I’ve become kind of a lightning rod in this little race that I have here.”

[_Water Dog]

I can't believe I wasted time on this. He's running for the Missouri state house, not national. Who cares? It's unlikely he'll win even that. This isn't a "GOP dad," it's a random idiot.

[_Dr. Shades]

Either way, Thanksgiving in the West home this year will be very interesting. . .

[_DarkHelmet]

The 64-year-old construction company owner is a bigot who isn’t fit for elected office, his daughter Emily and son Andy told The Kansas City Star on Monday.

She clearly doesn't understand the current republican electorate. Being a bigot who is unfit for elected office makes him the perfect candidate. If he lives in a red district, he will win in a landslide.