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TexasTowelie

(112,250 posts)
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 04:34 PM Nov 2021

Police called after GOP candidate Allen West admits to 'flicking' off someone's mask

Allen West, a firebrand conservative challenging Gov. Greg Abbott in the 2022 Republican primary, admitted to “flicking” the mask off someone who accosted him for not wearing a face covering at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on Wednesday.

Airport police were called in and a report on the matter was being prepared, a spokeswoman for the airport's department of public safety said. The report was not immediately available for release, she added.

West, who was hospitalized last month for COVID-19 symptoms and has not been vaccinated for the highly contagious and sometimes deadly virus, issued a statement on the altercation through his campaign, which said it had been started by "a left-wing partisan who cursed and insulted him."

"After being berated, West responded by flicking the individual's mask off," the statement said. "The individual raised his fists at Col. West, who ensured the person had their mask prior to departing the airport."

Read more: https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/local/texas/state-bureau/2021/11/03/police-called-after-allen-west-admits-flicking-off-someones-mask/6273152001/
(San Angelo Standard-Times)

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Police called after GOP candidate Allen West admits to 'flicking' off someone's mask (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2021 OP
West came to Texas for a reason. It suits his desire to "be somebody". walkingman Nov 2021 #1
Col. West? Me. Nov 2021 #2
Yep. Another one playing on his 'glory days' retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel. CurtEastPoint Nov 2021 #4
Nut Demovictory9 Nov 2021 #3
just one of many right wing psychopaths. Javaman Nov 2021 #5

walkingman

(7,628 posts)
1. West came to Texas for a reason. It suits his desire to "be somebody".
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 04:35 PM
Nov 2021

West is the perfect politician for the Religious Fundamentalist who likes to declare that they are not racist by backing the Black POS. He perfectly suits their anti-government stance with a healthy dose of racism.

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