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StClone

(11,869 posts)
Tue Feb 22, 2022, 12:28 PM Feb 2022

Royce White to challenge Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Reps

Former college basketball star Royce White has officially announced that he’s making a run for Congress. White has no party affiliation that I am aware of. White has shown anti-vaxxer leanings, though. Royce White was one of the great players out of college basketball (2012 draft after one year of play) but is haunted by phobia and to my eye too damaged by emotional scars to be an effective representative of the 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, which includes Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs.

https://thespun.com/more/top-stories/former-college-basketball-star-announces-run-for-congress

https://omar.house.gov/

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Royce White to challenge Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Reps (Original Post) StClone Feb 2022 OP
Huh? Nanuke Feb 2022 #1
That says it all doesn't it JohnSJ Feb 2022 #2
Guilt by association may be accurate StClone Feb 2022 #3
"Phobia" and "emotional scars" are the very least of my objections to this candidate, Christ. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #4
Hey, you are free to add what you know StClone Feb 2022 #5
zero chance iemanja Feb 2022 #6
Many outside her district admire her StClone Feb 2022 #7
That may be iemanja Feb 2022 #8
So she is likely back in? StClone Feb 2022 #9
Oh, yeah iemanja Feb 2022 #10

StClone

(11,869 posts)
5. Hey, you are free to add what you know
Tue Feb 22, 2022, 03:09 PM
Feb 2022

The points I made were from my experience with him several years back.

iemanja

(54,768 posts)
6. zero chance
Tue Feb 22, 2022, 09:23 PM
Feb 2022

A lot of people are frustrated with Omar, but they'll leave the ballot blank rather than vote for this guy.

StClone

(11,869 posts)
7. Many outside her district admire her
Tue Feb 22, 2022, 10:27 PM
Feb 2022

Omar is a symbol of courage, ability, and is devoted to her constituents. She is additionally visibly because of the disrespect (layers of hatred really) thrown at her. I am rather fond of her and deeply moved by her commitment to the USA despite all the evil thrown at her. She is a beautiful example of a REAL American as opposed to the freaks on the Right whose pursuit of power and wealth is sickening and do not Govern at all.

White's run is a joke and kind of shows the characters attracted to Republican ideals.

iemanja

(54,768 posts)
8. That may be
Tue Feb 22, 2022, 11:08 PM
Feb 2022

But it's MN-05 that elects her. When I did phone banking for the last election, I can't tell you how many people told me they would vote straight Dem except for Omar. Of course, in Minneapolis, the Dem is always going to win. The only chance is in the primary, and even then it's slim. The Twin Cities seats are essentially inherited fiefdoms.

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