MSNBC already got the jump on that.
Posted on 11/07/2013 6:33:19 PM PST by markomalley
Niger Innis, a well-known black tea party activist, is seriously contemplating a Republican run for a U.S. House seat in Nevada in 2014.
Reached by The Daily Caller on Thursday, Innis confirmed his interest in running for Nevada’s 4th congressional district seat currently held by freshman Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford.
The 45-year-old conservative activist and Nevada resident is the chief strategist for TheTeaParty.net and national spokesman for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the organization led by his father Roy Innis. He’s also appeared frequently as a talking head on cable TV.
Innis, who played a role on former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain’s campaign in 2012, told TheDC that he’s set up an exploratory committee, has been speaking with campaign consultants and is raising money.
“It is time to make Congress functional and effective again,” his exploratory website states. “If Niger ran for Congress, he’ll work to make that happen with a common sense, conservative approach to doing what is best for you, your family and our country.”
If all goes well in raising money and organizing both local and national support, Innis will pull a trigger on a run, he said.
According to an invitation obtained by TheDC, Cain, billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, Jeb Bush, Jr., and Nevada state GOP activist Amy Tarkanian were among those who attended a fundraiser for the Innis exploratory committee on Tuesday night.
The district covers a large geographic across Nevada, including both Las Vegas and a number of rural counties.
...the reaction will be predictable.
With Obamacare becoming a pair of concrete shoes for the libs, he definitely has a good shot. Go Niger!!!
As I recall Niger’s dad was a pretty staunch Republican and
did not back away from the first sign of criticism of Jackson, Sharpton, and their ilk.
Tea Party activist Niger Innis considering congressional run [Nevada],
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they may demand that no one use the guys NAME....in “print”
the REDSKIN “scandal” theyre prepared for... A Niger...Innus...likely not so much!!
ping
Hope cnn stays away from the coverage.
Excellent. Hope he runs.
Heh. Well played, Dysart.
I love this guy. I sure hope he runs!
A black guy, running as a Tea Party candidate?
WTH?
We kant have that.
Is he willing to show up at our weekly cross burnings and wear our uniform?
/s
I’m down with Niger. He’s a good man.
Niger Innis running in NV-4 ?
I wish Niger all the best, I have no doubt that he’ll be able to stand up to the virulent racism he’s going to face from the Leftists.
Doesn’t he know that the pigment of his skin dictates what his political leanings should be? And hasn’t Alan Grayson clued him in to the significance of the first letter in “Tea Party”?
Run Niger run!!
It would be worth it just to see the typographic hilarity that would ensue.
MSNBC already got the jump on that.
Hope he runs. We need all of the patriots we can get.
Niger...a tea party candidate? LOL
I love Niger, but he is not a Tea Party conservative.
I had the pleasure of meeting him and his father once.
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