MO Cultist Who Menaced BLM Launches US Senate Bid

The Kansas City Star reports:

The St. Louis lawyer who brandished a firearm at Black Lives Matter protesters last year has officially entered the 2022 race for Missouri’s open Senate seat.

Mark McCloskey tweeted he will have “a huge announcement” on Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s show Tuesday evening, but his Senate campaign website went live hours before the appearance.

“Mark has never before run for political office, but he has now answered the call of public duty and is running for the United States Senate from Missouri to fill the seat of retiring Sen. Roy Blunt,” his website says.

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Gun-wielding St. Louis lawyer Mark McCloskey launches campaign for U.S. Senate https://t.co/Ip2diBz3n8

— McClatchyDC (@McClatchyDC) May 18, 2021

The new Republican Party in my state. The only qualification you need to run for US Senate is to wave a gun around at Black people. (See https://t.co/zauMC2QO3U)

— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) May 18, 2021