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Congressional candidate quits after coming under fire for NRA ‘A’ rating
A Democratic candidate for Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s congressional seat in Illinois has dropped out of the race after she faced an onslaught of advertising about her support for the National Rifle Association (NRA). Illinois state Sen. Toi Hutchinson announced over the weekend that would end her candidacy and endorsed…
GOP candidate Jesse Kelly refuses to answer question about white supremacists
Republican candidate Jesse Kelly on Wednesday refused to answer a question about his endorsement by a controversial political action committee linked to neo-Nazi groups. Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) endorsed Kelly in 2010 when he was running against Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona’s 8th Congressional district. The group renewed…
NY police chief apologizes for ‘inflammatory’ anti-Muslim film
New York police chief Ray Kelly apologized for what he said was an “inflammatory” film about Muslims that was shown to hundreds of police officers at a training facility. The film, “The Third Jihad,” featured a brief interview with the police commissioner and claimed to portray the threat posed to…
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