‘Make These People Squirm’: Far-Right Congressional Candidate Sparks Scuffle At Katie Porter Event | Talking Points Memo

A far-right congressional candidate in Orange County, California called on his supporters to “Confront Katie Porter” in an Instagram post that featured the walk-up music of a pro wrestler. 


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1380830
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Katie Porter makes criminals squirm.

Is that what is meant by “these people?”

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“The Taurus Campaign is ready to wage war on the globalists,”

Oh, I see now.

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This guy is scum … - and really working hard to cultivate the creepy image …

Nick Taurus
America First candidate for CA-45! Christ, Country, Community!

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"Katie Porter is a far-left ideologue supported by Bay Area academics, the billionaire class and foreign lobbies! Her America Last policies are awful for the 45th district and we intend to voice our displeasure! Please join the Taurus Campaign this Sunday (07/11/21) at 2:30PM to demand AMERICA BE PUT FIRST and send Carpetbagger Katie back to the Iowa farm she came from! TOGETHER WE WILL DEFEAT THE GLOBALISTS!

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a bit more on this moron …

“I am an American nationalist and Roman Catholic who is most concerned with addressing the issues surrounding immigration, vaccination and Critical Race Theory,” the site reads.

A review of Taurus’ social media posts reveals a history of homophobic, racist, and conspiracy theory-related rants.

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In an Instagram post calling his supporters to the event — featuring the walk-up music of Kurt Angle, the former WWE star

Though it was the pre Trump era, I’m old enough to remember when WWE was filing copyright claims against these stunts.

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Dang! I missed it!

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I’m skeptical “Nick Taurus” is his birth name.

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…Taurus later denied that he intended for his protest to get violent…

“When I poured the gasoline and lit the match, I never intended to start a fire.”

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Is it just me or does it sound like his porn name?

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It goes well with his '70’s porn star mustache.

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(thanks for the photo @jinnj )

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They literally invented the descriptor “fuckstick” for these people.

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I’ll wager “Nick Taurus” sprang forth from the pages of a fourth rate spy novel, in which he drove a Maserati, slept with every woman under 45 he met, and employed professional moustache handlers.

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These guys are more like brownshirts than anything else.

When did stupid become a political belief system?

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“These people”?

Come on Nick, stop using weasel words, say what you mean.

Coward.

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We can expect much more of this as we head into the 2022 midterms. They’ve been fed a steady diet of lies that they’re all too eager to believe. This is the fruit of republican politics since the early 90’s - with much help from Fox news, rightwing media and the Russians. Trump and the republicans are going to double-down on the hate and lies. They’re going for broke.

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oh … and the Taurus team logo … no words…

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Taurus the Bull?

Or just bullshit?

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Taurus should be arrested. These confrontations will only continue to escalate until the instigators are held accountable for their dip shit followers.

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I’m donating more money to Katie Porter today. We need her. We definitely don’t need more wingnut idiots, there are already plenty of those.

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Imagine a place where these assholes did not exist. Image a land where debates were held in public, with honesty, and facts were the currency. Imagine a time where issues were discussed without rancor and decisions were made for the public good. Come with me as we travel to … fucked if I know.
It’s not here, that’s for sure.

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