A Republican fundraiser in Kansas, held on Friday night in the Kansas City suburbs, has drawn widespread condemnation after attendees were encouraged to beat and kick an effigy of President Joe Biden with foam bats. The event, which featured accused child molester Ted Nugent, has sparked calls for the resignation of Kansas GOP head Mike Brown. Both Republicans and Democrats have criticized the stunt, with some GOP members distancing themselves from the act, deeming it as an extremist takeover of the party. The incident has led to bipartisan outrage, with demands for the resignation of party officials involved. Videos of the effigy being attacked at the Johnson County GOP event have gone viral, further fueling the controversy.
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A Republican fundraiser in the Kansas City suburbs Friday night at which attendees beat and kicked an effigy of President Biden has sparked bipartisan outrage and calls for the GOP leaders responsible for the event to resign. https://t.co/SvK5Aedq4b
An effigy of President Biden was struck by foam bats and kicked at a Kansas county GOP event. Amid bipartisan outrage, resignations of party officials are being demanded. @anniegowen https://t.co/EwV6VXzmsP
An effigy of President Biden was struck by foam bats and kicked at a Kansas county GOP event. Amid bipartisan outrage, resignations of party officials demanded. @anniegowen https://t.co/bqbhbfimp2
Attendees at a Johnson County GOP event in Kansas City were invited to a pummel an effigy of Joe Biden at a fundraiser, and many of them posted their punches, kicks, and stomps to social media, drawing mass condemnation from both sides of the aisle. https://t.co/e8966fYYnO
Biden effigy beaten, kicked at Kansas county GOP event, drawing outrage, @KansasGOP denies responsibility https://t.co/8R1v9CoS3X
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Kansas Republicans spark fury by setting up a Biden 'effigy' fundraiser where attendees could pay to beat up and kick the dummy https://t.co/iwwYpwIoZ1 https://t.co/q9gwitLq4X
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An effigy of Joe Biden was high-kicked and bashed with a mallet by Republicans at a fundraising event in Kansas. https://t.co/q1cyWmrit1
This is America... Republicans karate kicking a Biden dummy at a fundraiser in Kansas. https://t.co/env1TLDj0H
🔴 Watch: Joe Biden effigy attacked by Republicans https://t.co/ptwkephmEf
🇺🇸🚨‼️ Attendees at the Republican National Convention in Kansas were able to donate and kick Biden's effigy during a fundraiser. https://t.co/pH8uExBtCE
JUST IN - Joe Biden effigy hit and kicked at Republican event https://t.co/zZHgGSDDVs
Attendees at a Kansas Republican Party event on Friday paid to punched and kicked an effigy of President Biden on Friday. This is not normal. https://t.co/IwnHMuzuZi
This is the Kansas GOP. People were asked to donate money to take their turn punching & kicking a Biden effigy. This was not the fringe. It was a booth at the GOP fundraiser. This is the caliber of the GOP. Why would any serious person be part of this? https://t.co/bTeymblhwK
Kansas Republicans have condemned a fundraiser Friday night where attendees paid to kick and beat an effigy of President Joe Biden, distancing themselves from extremists who have seized control of the party. https://t.co/oQfq44hfqP
BREAKING: Kansas Republican Party hosts fundraiser featuring accused child molester Ted Nugent where attendees could donate to assault President Biden in effigy. A disgusting display designed to encourage political violence. The head of the Kansas GOP Mike Brown should resign. https://t.co/K4V2EGYxH4
Dispatches from a GOP fundraiser in Kansas where conservatives are widely condemning those who beat up the Biden effigy… “Principles First people” Watch out. We’re coming. https://t.co/5f3VZGRMWt