An Utterly Strange, Motley Crew of Trumpkins Is Gunning to Defeat Maxine Waters

[DonViejo]

Roger Stone, Herman Cain, and Joe Arpaio have all thrown their support behind a political neophyte who lost by nearly 50 points the last time he ran.

GIDEON RESNICK
10.20.17 3:15 PM ET

On Sept. 12, 2017, a political committee linked to a chain of Pizza Hut and Taco Bell franchises contributed a maximum $2,700 to the campaign of Omar Navarro, a California Republican making a long-shot bid against Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA).

According to filings from the Federal Election Commission, it is the only corporate PAC contribution that Navarro has received this cycle. What makes the donation odder though is that the QSR Leaders Political Action Committee isn’t based in the Los Angeles district where Navarro is running. It isn’t even based in California. Instead, the group is linked to fast-food franchises in Florida and Georgia, some 2,500 miles away.

Southeast QSR Holdings, the chain of fast-food franchises linked to the PAC, did not respond to a request for comment from The Daily Beast. But there is a readily available explanation for why it would give to a candidate so far away and with such high odds stacked against him. Navarro has become a cause celebre for some of the biggest political names in the Trump orbit—a motley nexus of political celebrities, renowned conspiracy theorists, and anti-immigrant zealots. His backers include former presidential candidate Herman Cain, previous Trump adviser and friend Roger Stone, and former member of the Pussycat Dolls Kaya Jones. He has gotten exposure and support from InfoWars, for which he once reported. And most recently, he has fundraised with disgraced-turned-pardoned Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

Why all these figures have flocked to Navarro is not entirely clear. A 28-year-old resident of Torrance, California, Navarro hasn’t held elected office before. But not for lack of trying. He ran against Waters in 2016, only to lose by more than 50 points—a blistering defeat that he spun into a positive, proclaiming that he had won "an outstanding 25%!" of the vote in a predominantly Democratic district.

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[rsdsharp]

1. I don't think she has much to worry about.

Stone is devious, but Cain and Arpaio are so dumb they both have someone standing behind them whispering in their ear, "Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in."

[johnsonsnap]

2. After Waters stand after Ron Brown...

I can't feel too bad for her. She stood against the Party.

[Gothmog]

3. Who is surprised by this?