The crowd cheering and adoration is the gravy. The meat is the campaign ‘funds’ (money laundering, bribes, etc.) that keep rolling in. It’s just another con, and it helps his supporters believe that they are part of a larger group than they really are.

Local Racist Accidentally Makes Sharice Davids, 'Radical Socialist Kickboxing Lesbian,' Sound Very Cool

In the latest case of white politicians attempting to stifle the myriad of rising Native 2018 candidates, a local Republican official in Kansas was apparently itching a little too hard to say the quiet part out loud, calling congressional candidate Sharice Davids a “radical socialist kick boxing [sic] lesbian.”