Post by trueblue on Aug 30, 2022 17:45:01 GMT
'Far right GOP nominee Blake Masters scrubs website of core positions as he shifts to blaming LGBTQ and Black people'
Billionaire-backed Blake Masters, the Arizona Republican party's nominee for the U.S. Senate is undergoing a massive transformation little more than two months before Election Day and nearly two months after early voting in the Grand Canyon State has already begun.
Masters is a a venture capitalist, the former COO of billionaire Peter Thiel's investment firm, and former head of his foundation. He's been described as someone who "spews white supremacist conspiracies," including promoting the "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory, saying Democrats "hope to just change the demographics of our country” and “hope to import an entirely new electorate," while lamenting: "Then they call you a racist and a bigot.”
Earlier this month Mother Jones described Masters as a "disaster for democracy," and noted that the "millennial millionaire won thanks to two anti-democratic billionaires," namely Thiel and Donald Trump.
Masters is trying to unseat Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Kelly. While there's been little public polling on the race, this month Real Clear Politics shows Kelly, the retired astronaut and U.S. Navy captain, winning by an average of six points.
Masters is a a venture capitalist, the former COO of billionaire Peter Thiel's investment firm, and former head of his foundation. He's been described as someone who "spews white supremacist conspiracies," including promoting the "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory, saying Democrats "hope to just change the demographics of our country” and “hope to import an entirely new electorate," while lamenting: "Then they call you a racist and a bigot.”
Earlier this month Mother Jones described Masters as a "disaster for democracy," and noted that the "millennial millionaire won thanks to two anti-democratic billionaires," namely Thiel and Donald Trump.
Masters is trying to unseat Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Kelly. While there's been little public polling on the race, this month Real Clear Politics shows Kelly, the retired astronaut and U.S. Navy captain, winning by an average of six points.