The Kansas City Star reports:
A Republican candidate for Missouri governor on Monday vowed to burn books if elected after he was criticized for a video showing him burning cardboard boxes with a flamethrower. The video, which has gone viral on social media, shows state Sen. Bill Eigel, a Weldon Spring Republican who is running for governor in 2024, and state Sen. Nick Schroer, a St. Charles Republican, using flamethrowers to torch a stack of boxes.
“In the video, I am taking a flame thrower to cardboard boxes representing what I am going to do to the leftist policies and RINO corruption of the Jeff City swamp,” Eigel said in a statement to The Star on Monday. “But let’s be clear, you bring those woke pornographic books to Missouri schools to try to brainwash our kids, and I’ll burn those too – on the front lawn of the governor’s mansion.”
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“You bring those woke pornographic books to Missouri schools to try to brainwash our kids, and I’ll burn those too – on the front lawn of the governor’s mansion,” said state Sen. Bill Eigel, a Republican candidate for Missouri governor. https://t.co/YRTSuhXclr
— The Kansas City Star (@KCStar) September 18, 2023
The smell of fear is thick upon the leftists and swamp creatures that are fearful of the new Missouri we will deliver to the People in 2024.
Let’s Go Missouri!#mogov #letsgomo https://t.co/TzC5vrXW4x
— William Eigel (@BillEigel) September 17, 2023
Missouri State Senator Bill Eigel advocating stealing library books to burn them. Also, note that he wants to “punish” school districts that don’t conform to his way of thinking. This is real. This is the MO GOP. pic.twitter.com/Vzaq2xdaY3
— Jess Piper (@EnglishTeach07) November 25, 2021
.@BillEigel deceived thousands of Trump supporters, tricking them into giving him money that they believed was going to @realDonaldTrump. I call on him to do the honorable thing and give that money to President Trump, as those donors intended.https://t.co/XbgXvm59Ds
— Jay Ashcroft (@JayAshcroftMO) September 12, 2023
🚨BREAKING: Eigel responds to accusations of “book burning” with a super awesome flamethrower pic.twitter.com/3CnkHHOvVt
— William Eigel (@BillEigel) September 18, 2023
In the video, I am taking a flame thrower to cardboard boxes representing what I am going to do to the leftist policies and RINO corruption of the Jeff City swamp.
But let’s be clear, you bring those woke pornographic books to Missouri schools to try to brainwash our kids, and… https://t.co/9TXgejAeVp
— William Eigel (@BillEigel) September 18, 2023
Missouri Republicans Use Flamethrowers On Empty Boxes Meant To Represent “Naughty” LGBTQ Books https://t.co/IKw9lBxqzt pic.twitter.com/jKZirX8yW9
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) September 18, 2023