Wed
Apr 25 2018
07:39 pm
Mark Harmon's column in the News Sentinel
Opinion | Far-right ideas come to Knox mayoral race
"We even have an extremist InfoWars guest in our election for Knox County mayor. Glenn Jacobs, Republican candidate and former wrestler, once popped up on Jones’ program for a chummy and bizarre 22-minute chat about “the state’s monopoly on currency,” police state tyranny of the Transportation Security Administration, persecution of homeschoolers, and globalist monetary scheming."
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He's a closet
He's a closet socialist!
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But seriously, yikes! Sadly,
But seriously, yikes! Sadly, this will likely get him some votes. Guessing there are a lot of Alex Jones fans around here.
Glenn Jacobs
WTH do you get your information? YouTube? That's just as fake as the fake news that's out there. Give me a break!!!
Infowars and more
(in reply to BigRedTrk)
You don't like youtube, so here are some other sites.
After reading these, I am surprised that he is running as a Republican when he is obviously a very proud libertarian.
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omg. Knox County Republicans
omg. Knox County Republicans let Ander and Thomas split the vote enough to nominate this nut case for county mayor.
Hmmm... Nutcases can get
(in reply to Rachel)
Hmmm... Nutcases can get elected that way.