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Byron Looper - Obsessed with his political career, he legally changed his middle name to "(Low Tax)" and murdered his election opponent (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Wild. The victim’s wife took the seat and held it until 2015. She won a write in campaign by a landslide after the murder. But still… some voted for a murderer instead of a Democrat?

Weird how the article feels the need to say the murderer was a “Democrat turned Republican”. People change their registration? Look at Trump… do we call him “former Democrat”?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I kinda think it's interesting to know about politicians who change their party, since usually they do it because they decide they just care about winning. Trump and McCarthy are both prime examples.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Not really, no. The idea that Trump changed his party to prey on dumb republicans is funny but it’s not based in reality. If you show me 1 candidate who changed parties just to win (Lieberman maybe, but even that’s a stretch), I can give you 5 who changed for other reasons (including Trump). Not sure what you mean about McCarthy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Calling him former democrat might help to stop his reelection

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Whose reelection? The former democrat Donald Trump, who was determined by a judge to have committed rape and who cheated on his wife with a porn star?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

it looks like he didn't just change his registration but actually held office as a Democrat in the past