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Related: About this forumPolice 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)
walkingman
(7,628 posts)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.
Me.
(35,454 posts)CurtEastPoint
(18,650 posts)Demovictory9
(32,457 posts)Javaman
(62,530 posts)I see a lawsuit in his future.