South Dakota Congressional Candidate: Terror Attack Will Help Me Win

[DonViejo]

A South Dakota state senator currently running for Congress suggested last year that a terrorist attack would “help him win a contested primary,” according to a recording obtained by The Huffington Post. State senator Neal Tapio, a GOP congressional candidate, said “all that has to happen is that there will be one more terrorist attack between now and then and I will be the, just by the Trump effect, I will be the candidate. That’s the way I look at it.” He also said he “wouldn’t want [his] kids to serve in the military even with Trump as president.” “You just are giving up your life to be mercenaries for Saudi Arabia,” he Tapio said. In response to the terror-attack remarks, Tapio wrote that “[t]error has something to do with Islam.” “To suggest I am advocating for a terror attack is a disgusting smear and you should be ashamed of yourself,” he wrote. He also told HuffPost that his comment about the military was “meant to sympathize with U.S. troops.” Tapio, a Trump supporter, is currently in a three-way primary on June 5th for the Republican nomination.

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/south-dakota-congressional-candidate-terror-attack-will-help-me-win

[gratuitous]

1. Tapio's really trying to have it every way, not just both ways

"I'll win if there's a terror attack, but that doesn't mean I want a terror attack to happen. Why would you even say that? It's a disgusting smear. Oh, and I don't want any of my kids joining the military, because our military is just an arm of Saudi Arabia's foreign policy. But I'm not against the military, and how dare you even say such a thing?"

Let's see just how smart South Dakota's Republicans are. Will they vote for this garbanzo?

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Sorry to say,

met this Moron three years ago at a Antique Car show. Yes he is every bit of what has been posted.

Yes,and he does have the following of a Major Religious Group in Eastern and Northern South Dakota.

Kind of ruined my day when this Ass made his way up and down the Lines of Cars on display. Refused to do the glad hand routine,just told him to move,have no time for your ignorance or ideals.

[malaise]

2. Only the left ignore their rants on this subject

My question for years is how many of these attacks helped them and more importantly who orchestrated more than a few of them.

[SharonAnn]

4. Another terrorist attack under a Republican administration? They can't/won't protect us.

[CurtEastPoint]

5. Each and every one a clone from the same goddamn mold.