Meet the stars of the
ATTACK Of the Clown Show zombies
Starring failed Washington state
candidate for Congress Joe Kent
Washington Post, 5/8/2023
Kent campaigned in Washington’s 3rd Congressional District on a hard-right platform that made election conspiracy theories a core tenet of the race. Kent conceded the race to Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez after a close recount.
Kent, who has ties to white nationalist groups, has launched another run for the seat. He has voiced concerns about Republican turnout and the need for the GOP to mobilize its conservative base.
perennial laughingstock Sarah Palin
Washington Post, 5/8/2023
The former Alaska governor and vice-presidential nominee lost her race for Alaska’s at-large seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Palin, who ran as a Trump-aligned conservative in a crowded field, blamed her loss to Rep. Mary Peltola (D) on the state’s new ranked-choice voting system.
Palin has since campaigned against ranked-choice voting across the country, claiming without evidence that the system may lead to fraud and casting other doubts on its usefulness.
failed congressional candidate
Karoline "NO" Leavitt
Washington Post, 5/8/2023
A former assistant press secretary in the Trump White House and communications director to Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), Leavitt ran an unsuccessful bid to unseat incumbent Rep. Chris Pappas (D) in New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District. Leavitt, 25, would have been the youngest woman ever elected to the House of Representatives.
In April, Leavitt joined MAGA Inc., a pro-Trump super PAC, as its press secretary. The organization is staffed with several alumni of the Trump administration and seeks to “ensure a second Trump administration and to promote America First candidates,” according to its website.
A trifecta of GOP wackiness.
Texas Sore Loser Mayra Flores
Washington Post, 5/8/2023
Flores won an upset victory in a June 2022 special election for a House district in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley. Her win in the heavily Hispanic area prompted excitement from Republicans and shock among Democrats at the shifting voting patterns of Hispanic voters in the area.
In November, Flores lost a race for a newly drawn congressional district. Flores, who denied the results of the 2020 election and shared conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, says she is focused on bringing more Hispanic voters into the conservative political sphere.
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