McConnell’s Tea Party Challenger Caught Attending a Cockfighting Rally

ABC News ^ | April 25, 2014 | By Shushannah Walshe

[Oldeconomybuyer]

The Tea Party candidate challenging Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to a primary challenge has been caught in an undercover video attending a cockfighting rally last month and there is evidence that he lied repeatedly about the event.

Matt Bevin, who is seeking to wrest Kentucky’s Republican Senate nomination from McConnell, and his campaign have said they thought it was a state’s rights rally he attended in Corbin, but in the undercover video from WAVE 3 News it’s clear what the event is about with signs supporting the legalizing of cockfighting. Bevin even speaks right after a cockfighting activist who explained clearly why they were: “For the sole purpose of legalizing gamecock fighting at the state level.”

The video emerged less than a month before the May 20 primary vote.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

McConnell's running an Obama style campaign.

[gr8eman]

Can’t wait to see the photo shop!

[Moonman62]

Did Little Jerry win?

[ScottinVA]

Well... good thing this is coming out BEFORE the general...

[Olog-hai]

One could make the argument that being against rooster fights is being bigoted and against diversity, just to turn things against the liberals.

[GeronL]

and the problem is.... ?

[SamuraiScot]

Cockfighting is very popular among Mexicans, is it not?

It's a diversity thing. White libs don't understand.

[skeeter]

The statists are unbelievable.

And why not? Our side is so easily spooked.

[gwgn02]

If only Mitch McConnell had a smidgen of fight in him like one of those cocks...instead he’s just a turtle.

[rwfromkansas]

Well, there he goes.

[ImNotLying]

Wow.....that was a pretty nasty setup by the McConnell campaign....wonder how they pulled that one off. Would like to see a copy of the invitation letter that Matt Bevin received.

[MaxMax]

I'll bet they were smoking Cigarettes there too. And eating hydrolyzed plant protein
laced with hydrogenated oils over charcoal cooked beef steaks.

[HMS Surprise]

In Kentucky? PETA isn’t even legal there.

[TomGuy]

... there is evidence that he lied repeatedly about the event ...

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Sort of like 'if you like your healthplan ... if you like your doctor ... Benghazi was caused by a Youtube movie trailer'.

[Lurking Libertarian]

The problem is that this is like "Macacca" or "legitimate rape."

It's actually dumber than those, because he had time to think about it before he stood up to speak at that rally.

[chimera]

Maybe, but candidates have to be smart enough to understand that its the way it is, and they have to have the intelligence and instincts to avoid these kinds of traps. This will probably sink yet another candidacy, like Akin and Mourdock. Its really a shame to have candidates who are right on the issues but don't have the brains to run a smart campaign.

Like we learned with Obama and the other 'Rats, we aren't going to beat them playing the nice guy. We can play the gentlemen in these campaigns and go down to defeat after defeat. Because while we're making nice, they are kicking us in the nuts. We've got to avoid being sacked and hit them right back, only harder.

[Red Badger]

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

(title)"McConnell’s Tea Party Challenger Caught Attending a Cockfighting Rally "

OH now its getting dirty !
Alledging that Matt attended a NAMBLA / pedaphile rally ... /sarc

[conservaKate]

Well this smells of McConnell. But Bevin’s handlers should have kept him away from the event due to how the optics would play. And if Bevin lied, well that’s not a very bright thing to do.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

They will do anything to keep their RINOs in power to ensure a Hillary/Profressive Rule and Jackboot on the American People. All Tea Party People should take warning—anything you do and say will be parced and make to turn you into a Bigot Yahoo who deserves prison—ask Clive Bundy if you don’t believe me. They are Chickens! Not Dogs. We eat them? This was more a rally rather than a real chicken fight I believe. BUT it stands as a warning for the right. Now is the time to dismiss all who do not stand for the way things are now.