Milbank: Candidate for Congress stumbles upon new GOP mascot
By now, there are few in the political world who have not yeti heard about what’s going on in the 5th Congressional District of Virginia.
The Republican candidate in the race, Denver Riggleman, was discovered to have posted images of “Bigfoot erotica” on Instagram, with the furry fellow’s ample nether regions obscured. The candidate is also co-author of a 2006 book about Bigfoot hunting in which he describes “serious Bigfoot research” and includes an assertion that “Bigfoots like sex, too.”
Shouldn’t that be “Bigfeet”?
But you may not be aware of this: This is not the first time the 5th District has seen an election turn on erotica.
Exactly 10 years ago, in another race for the same seat, it was discovered that the incumbent, Republican Rep. Virgil Goode Jr., had an unwanted connection to “gay erotica.” The name of Goode, a traditional values conservative, was in the closing credits of the erotic gay film “Eden’s Curve,” which featured an appearance by Goode’s press secretary. Goode secured an earmark for the theater whose managing artistic director produced the film.
Thus do we have, in a single district, two snapshots in the devolution of the Republican Party into an exotic entity. Ten years ago: gay erotica. Now, in the Trump era, Bigfoot erotica.
Riggleman, who runs a distillery, is trying to sasquatch the story by saying it’s a joke. “I thought it was funny,” he told The Washington Post’s Ron Charles. With a laugh, he added, “I do not believe that Bigfoot is real. But I don’t want to alienate any Bigfoot voters.”
Indeed not! And Riggleman should not back down. He has happened upon a potentially winning message.
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