Missouri General Assembly candidate Steve West may be popular among his district’s Republicans, but two of his children are hoping he will either drop out or lose his race next week. The 64-year-old construction company owner is a bigot who isn’t fit for elected office, his daughter Emily and son Andy told The Kansas City Star on Monday. West, who is seeking to unseat Democratic incumbent Jon Carpenter in the Missouri House District 15 race, drew backlash in August when local media reported he frequently promoted anti-Semitic, Islamophobic and homophobic views on his radio show. “My dad’s a fanatic,” Andy West, the middle of the candidate’s three children, told the Star. I’ve become kind of a lightning rod in this little race that I have here.”

Source: Huffington Post October 31, 2018 21:22 UTC