Texas GOP Guv Candidate Critiques Nugent, Will Appear With Him Anyway
DANIEL STRAUSS – FEBRUARY 18, 2014, 10:10 AM EST
Attorney General Greg Abbott (R) is putting some distance between himself and rocker Ted Nugent ahead of joint appearances for Abbott's gubernatorial campaign.
Nugent and Abbott, the likely Republican nominee for governor, are expected to appear at a campaign events Tuesday in Wichita Falls and Denton Texas.
"Ted Nugent is a forceful advocate for individual liberty and constitutional rights -- especially the 2nd Amendment rights cherished by Texans," Abbott campaign spokesman Michael Hirsch said according to the Los Angeles Times. "While he may sometimes say things or use language that Greg Abbott would not endorse or agree with, we appreciate the support of everyone who supports protecting our Constitution."
Nugent has a bad habit of saying outlandish and offensive things. He once called President Barack Obama a "Chicago communist-raised, communist-educated, communist-nurtured subhuman mongrel…ACORN community organizer gangster." He also called the president a "chimpanzee" and said that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has "spare scrotums." Nugent also caught the Secret Service's attention after he said that he would rather be "dead or in jail" if Obama won a second term.
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