Arizona Senate candidate Rep. Ruben Gallego (D) was the target of swift backlash after his insulting comments about Republicans' โcultural identityโ during a campaign event.
Gallego, who is running for the seat currently held by Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), claimed that Republican โcultureโ could ultimately be boiled down to firearms and โjacked upโ trucks โwith some cow nuts hanging in the back.โ
According to aย reportย from Fox News Digital, Gallego was initially responding to a question from the audience about school shootings.
โSchool shooting-level casualties happen every day in the streets of America,โ Gallego claimed, adding, โWe don't focus on trying to stop everyday gun violence because a lot of politicians are afraid of the NRA and the gun lobby.โ
โAnd also, even beyond the gun lobby, there is now weapons โ and I don't really call them guns. As a Marine, I call them weapons,โ Gallego continued. โWeapons have now become more of a cultural thing. It's like, if you're a Republican, you have to have a bunch of guns, some, you know, jacked-up truck with some of those little cow nuts hanging in the back. That's your cultural identity now.โ
Republicans quickly responded to Gallego's comments online, pointing out a few things wrong with the Democrat's blanket assessment, specifically that cows, being female, did not *have* nuts.
Former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake (R) responded, โLook at howย @RubenGallegoย mocks hard-working Arizonans. He thinks we're dumb hicks for owning trucks. He wants to take away our 2nd Amendment rights. He's weirdly obsessed with testicles. Just call us deplorables & get it over with, Ruben. And stay in the swamp. It suits you.โ
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Coming from a man w/o balls.