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'Losers!' GOP Senate candidate says Republicans should stop wasting time on suburban women

Minnesota Republican Senate candidate Royce White is not apologizing after proclaiming Republicans are "losers" if they try to win votes from suburban women.

White, a former NBA player known for his embrace of conspiracy theories, was recently called out by MSNBC's Ja'han Jones for proclaiming on his "Please Call Me Crazy" podcast that Republicans who seek the votes of suburban women are "delusional" people who are “living in a cucked mentality.”

"Cucked" is short for "cuckolded," a crude term commonly used by the far-right to deride people they perceive as weak and emasculated.

Taking to X on Monday, White quoted Jones' article, "Senate candidate Royce White says suburban women voters are for suckers," and doubled down on all of it.

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"This headline is a prime example of yellow journalism… They think you’re stupid and yes the GOP better go to the inner cities and go after new voters to win this election," wrote White. "This isn’t rocket science! If suburban women understand inflation to be important, this isn’t even a contest. Only a cuck would say that’s demeaning, only a loser would dance around that reality. Hence, cucks and losers!"

White, who has become notorious for picking fights with critics on social media, has faced widespread mockery for posting a map of what he claimed to be crimes in Minneapolis but was just locations of public drinking fountains. He also recently reportedly blew campaign cash at a nude strip club in Florida.

White was endorsed for the nomination at the state GOP convention earlier this year and won the primary with a 9-point plurality over his closest rival Joe Fraser. He will face off against Democratic incumbent Amy Klobuchar in November.

Republican rages over 'effeminate' men in meltdown over dancing mayor

Less than a month after Royce White erupted over a fake Taylor Swift endorsement, he melted down again Friday as he raged at Minnesota's mayor for dancing with constituents — and decried the country's "effeminate" men.

White, who has earned a reputation for posting trolling — and even threatening — on social media, has made a number of bizarre posts, including sharing a map that he claimed showed crimes in Minneapolis but was actually a map of free public drinking fountains in the city.

On Friday, the former NBA player and mixed martial artist ranted on X over a video that appears to show Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey dancing in the street to "Cupid Shuffle" by Cupid. In the video, the man is wearing rolled-up jeans and a T-shirt.

The video ignited White, a pro-Trump conspiracy theorist, on X, who slammed Frey.

"Mayor of Minneapolis... We're about to have a talk down there in the city. These are your leaders? These are the men you're following? It's not enough we emasculate our sons and men, now you're following effeminate White liberal men too?"

White added: "In China this s--t is illegal. #Godspeed."

The post proved to be red meat for MAGA supporters who agreed with the candidate's assessment. While some called the video "embarrassing," others toed the line — or outright crossed it — with homophobic and otherwise inappropriate responses, such as that Frey "forgot his high heels."

"Where's his purse?" pondered @Jellyroll7916.

"Gross groomers," wrote @imalilr1774.

"The Mom Jeans Mayor has returned, Cringey’er than ever before," said @Natemplsmn.

Other comments waded even further into bigotry. Raw Story chose not to include those comments.

Defenders openly wondered why MAGA was so vehemently opposed to a dancing mayor.

"I don’t see anything wrong with dancing and having fun," wrote @AckTeacher. "He’s campaigning, at least he’s got some rhythm."

"Look at Royce admitting his bigotry," replied @urho_saint.

Mayor of Minneapolis... We're about to have a talk down there in the city. These are your leaders? These are the men you're following? It's not enough we emasculate our sons and men, now you're following effeminate White liberal men too? In China this shit is illegal. #Godspeed pic.twitter.com/XA3vFyKEqR
— Royce White 🇺🇸 (@Highway_30) July 19, 2024

Minnesota MAGA candidate lashes out after mockery for support of Ten Commandments law

Minnesota Republican Senate candidate Royce White got in yet another juvenile social media battle on Friday evening, after being mocked for his support of the controversial new Louisiana legislation requiring the Ten Commandments be posted in all state-funded classrooms.

White, a former basketball star and mixed martial artist, has picked several similar arguments online, including one where he outright challenged one critic to a fight, and another in which he mocked a critic's use of pronouns in his social media bio.

"I know why they're really so angry. It's not about the 10 commandments, it's about the invaluable quality of faith," White posted on X. "The goal of identity politics is to confuse. Once confused, they can strip your identity completely and give you whatever new identity they want. Jesus Is King!"

The account @realben_jammin replied by saying, "You live in fairy tale land," and posting a video of White with circus music and clown images, above the hashtag #PayYourChildSupportNotStrippers — a reference to recent reporting that White is behind on child support and using campaign money at a strip club in Florida.

" Pete Buttigieg supporter," replied White.

"Yep. I also love and support my kids, you big dumb b-----," the man hit back, to which White said, "Groomer."

Asked by reporters about his child support issues in the past, White has responded with hostility, saying, "A lot of people have child support. A lot of people have alimony. A lot of people have back child support. All you liberals really just want to shame people with kids, because you’re anti-human as f---. That’s it. I love my children. And I’m current on my child support. I pay more child support than probably many people in this country over the course of their lives. It’s really a nothing issue.”

The Louisiana Ten Commandments bill, which is explicitly set up to challenge enforcement of the First Amendment's Establishment Clause and open the door for laws promoting Christian nationalism, is already facing legal action from civil liberties groups such as the ACLU.

GOP candidate goads online critic to fight and proclaims 'smashmouth politics'

The GOP's Senate candidate in Minnesota appeared to challenge a critic on social media to a fight Tuesday.

The exchange was prompted when Royce White, a former basketball star and Black Lives Matter supporter turned MAGA conspiracy theorist, touted his endorsement by Kari Lake, the GOP's controversial Senate frontrunner in Arizona.

"It is an honor to receive Kari Lake's endorsement. I appreciate her support and fight. She is exactly what this country's permanent political class and legacy media are afraid of. I look forward to joining her in the senate to bring value back to America citizenship," he wrote.

Liberal podcaster Ryan Shead responded on X by posting, "Two stupid f---s with no brain. Perfect booking" — to which White appeared to lose his temper.

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"You’re a cuck!" wrote White. "Anytime you want to setup a one on one fight… Let me know. Don’t talk s--- behind a computer. Oh let me guess… that’s not very statesmanlike? Smashmouth politics, in person you’d be very respectful. We both know that little Ryan. Your progressive friends too."

White, who has extensively argued on social media with his critics, is challenging Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who is seeking a fourth term this year.

Earlier this month, he received widespread mockery for posting what he claimed was a map of crimes in Milwaukee, but was actually just a map of free public drinking fountains. He has also proclaimed that women these days have become "too mouthy" and railed against the "Jewish lobby." On top of all this, he has been accused of improperly spending campaign money at a Florida strip club.

White has developed an adversarial relationship with the press as well. When questioned by reporters about his failure to pay child support, he said: "A lot of people have child support. A lot of people have alimony. A lot of people have back child support. All you liberals really just want to shame people with kids, because you’re anti-human as f---. That’s it. I love my children. And I’m current on my child support. I pay more child support than probably many people in this country over the course of their lives. It’s really a nothing issue.”

MAGA Senate hopeful defends 'mouthy' women complaint: James Carville hates them too

A controversial GOP-endorsed senatorial candidate who notoriously opined women have become "too mouthy" came up with a novel defense of the divisive claim: James Carville thinks so too.

Royce White — a former basketball player with ties to conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and endorsed by the Republican party to challenge Sen. Amy Klobuchar — took to X Friday to share a video of Carville mouthing off to former MSNBC host Donny Deutsch about "preachy females."

"Did liberal icon and thought leader James Carville just say Democrat women have gotten too ‘mouthy’?" White wrote. "Hey New York Times, quick, misogyny!"

In fact, Carville's comment mirrors White's own, which was made last month to War Room podcaster Steve Bannon.

"We have a huge male problem...particularly in communities of color," Carville claims. "I think democratic culture has too many preachy females. It's too much don't eat hamburgers, don't watch football, wear a condom."

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Deutsch bursts into laughter. Carville leans back.

"S---, leave me alone," Carville says. "I got a g--d---ed life to lead."

Carville argues that such rhetoric is "cosmopolitan condensation," which one can only assume was supposed to be cosmopolitan condescension as water vapors in urban settings are not known to make women "preachy."

Replied White to this interview, "You can’t make this up. I promise I don’t have a crystal ball over here, I’m just a regular guy."

It's been a big week for White. The senatorial candidate was seen publicly attacking a reporter who covered his outstanding $100,000 child support payment and an MSNBC host who commented on his latest social media blunder.

"You pencil necked dweeb," White roared at Keith Olbermann, who had called him "a "f---ing idiot."

The gaffe saw White mistakenly declare water fountains were proof that crime was out of control in Minneapolis.

Busted: Minnesota GOP candidate reportedly spent campaign money at nude Florida strip club

Republicans in Minnesota just endorsed Royce White, a former NBA player and pro-Trump conspiracy theorist, for the Senate race against Democratic incumbent Amy Klobuchar. But it turns out he is hiding a lot of skeletons in his closet.

White, up to this point, is best known for wearing the words "Trump Won" on his head during the Big 3 League games in 2023 and for proclaiming that women these days "have become too mouthy" in an interview with Trump strategist Steve Bannon. But that's not all — he may have broken campaign finance law in a very colorful way.

According to The Daily Beast's Roger Sollenberger and Mini Racker, "At five in the morning one week after Republican Royce White lost his 2022 Minnesota congressional primary, his campaign shelled out more than $1,200 in donor funds to a vendor 1,800 miles away not typically associated with political expenses — an all-nude strip club in Miami, Florida, called 'Gold Rush Cabaret.' That is just one among dozens of outlandish but previously unreported payments that The Daily Beast has identified from White’s 2022 Federal Election Commission filings. Several campaign finance experts characterized some of the expenses as potentially illegal spending."

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White, for his part, claims these were all legitimate campaign expenses.

But there are more bizarre expenses White has claimed in his filings, the report continued: "The Daily Beast reviewed White’s 2022 primary campaign reports and found numerous items that boggled legal experts. The unusual expenses include a total of more than $100,000 in mysterious wire transfers and checks reported as paid to the campaign; hefty tabs at spicy nightspots; getaways at posh hotels in at least seven states; thousands of dollars in limousine services; unexplained cash withdrawals; eye-popping purchases from electronics, sporting goods, clothing, and musical instrument retailers; and the DribbleUp smart basketball training app that White himself admitted might be personal use."

Personal use of campaign funds can rise to the level of a crime. Former Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), another large supporter of Trump, pleaded guilty to corruption charges in 2019 for a hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal uses for campaign money through falsified records, including extramarital sexual liaisons with lobbyists.