Democratic candidate says opponent is 'devotee of Bigfoot erotica'
Politics in 2018 continues to reach strange new depths.
Over in Virginia, Democratic candidate Leslie Cockburn and her Republican opponent Denver Riggleman (yes, that's his real name) are vying for votes in the upcoming midterm elections.
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Last month, Cockburn criticized Riggleman for campaigning alongside controversial Republican candidate, Corey Stewart, who has been accused of courting white nationalists over the past few years.
But Cockburn's latest barb against her opponent has nothing to do the far-right, but rather the far-fetched.
Cockburn accused Riggleman of having an alleged penchant for "Bigfoot erotica," as per a screenshot from what appears to be his Instagram profile, which was tweeted by her.
"This is not what we need on Capitol Hill," Cockburn wrote.
My opponent Denver Riggleman, running mate of Corey Stewart, was caught on camera campaigning with a white supremacist. Now he has been exposed as a devotee of Bigfoot erotica. This is not what we need on Capitol Hill. pic.twitter.com/0eBvxFd6sG
— Leslie Cockburn (@LeslieCockburn) July 29, 2018
Cockburn followed up with another screenshot of a Bigfoot sketch, also featuring an equally large rectangle censoring the folklore icon's genitals. Riggleman, a distillery owner, has his Instagram currently set to private.
From my opponent Denver Riggleman’s Bigfoot erotica collection. pic.twitter.com/ELe0TWJh21
— Leslie Cockburn (@LeslieCockburn) July 29, 2018
It's a lot for the internet to process.
I leave the internet for a few hours, come back to find out...
1. There's a non-cartoon person going around being named Denver Riggleman
2. He's running for office.
3. He is a white supremacist.
4. Who is into Bigfoot erotica.
This would have been super weird a few years ago.— Robyn Pennacchia (@RobynElyse) July 30, 2018
2018, when "devotee of Bigfoot erotica" — (yeah, big"foot") — is uttered in politics without anyone blinking https://t.co/uhEfovTV0i
— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) July 30, 2018
That's it. You can stop, everyone. We have the greatest tweet of all time. https://t.co/b12b9phEaT
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) July 30, 2018
Gotta be rough when your fondness for bigfoot porn is your second-worst scandal https://t.co/EsbUSOum9K
— jon "elon brusque" rosenberg🥦 (@jonrosenberg) July 30, 2018
While Cockburn's tweet might've piqued the internet's interest, she's not the first person to spot the sexy Bigfoot book dubbed The Mating Habits of Bigfoot and Why Women Want Him.
On Friday, U.S. House editor of the Cook Political Report, David Wasserman, noted the piece of erotica in his overview of the open Republican seats in the House on Friday.
No word yet from Riggleman on the topic. It's a mystery nearly as great as...well, you know.
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