TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two top Kansas Republican Party officials are facing internal calls to resign over a viral online video showing people at a fundraiser kicking and beating a mannequin wearing a mask of President Joe Biden, underscoring the national GOP’s deep divisions and problems winning over suburban voters. Mike Brown, the Kansas GOP’s […]
Four times over the past month, the Kansas Republican Party’s weekly newsletter promoted the “Grand Ol’ Party” – a fundraiser hosted by Johnson County Republicans and headlined by the conservative rocker Ted Nugent. Nugent, 75, has a 1981 song, “Jailbait,” which includes the line, “Well I don’t care if you’re just 13 / You look […]
JOHNSON COUNTY, KS. (KSNT) – Controversy has emerged in the wake of a Johnson County Republican Party fundraiser that took place March 8. Video online of the Overland Park event shows attendees punching, kicking and swinging a bat at a mannequin dressed as President Joe Biden. 27 News spoke to former Kansas GOP chairman, Mike […]
Attendees at a Johnson County Republican Party event Friday physically attacked an effigy of President Joe Biden, according to photos and video posted to social media, prompting the state party’s former chair to call for the resignation of its current leaders. Video posted to the right-wing video sharing site Rumble shows several people at Friday’s […]