{"id":1917634,"date":"2023-04-21T09:42:42","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T13:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disqualifying-democratic-senate-candidate-played-magic-the-gathering-with-journalist\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T09:44:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T13:44:59","slug":"disqualifying-democratic-senate-candidate-played-magic-the-gathering-with-journalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disqualifying-democratic-senate-candidate-played-magic-the-gathering-with-journalist\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Senate Member Played&#8221; Romance: The Collecting&#8221; With Journalist: Disqualifying"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisqualifying-democratic-senate-candidate-played-magic-the-gathering-with-journalist%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1917634&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div>\n<p><h2>Lucas Kunce, a former female cheerleader who competed for the title of losing to Josh Hawley in 2024, is still plagued by the Free Beacon rumor.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What happened<\/strong>: Lucas Kunce, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Missouri, played <em>Magic: The Gathering<\/em> with a journalist from <em>Time<\/em> magazine, a once-respected publication.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>&#8216;s&#8217;s official <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/nerd-alert-democrat-senate-candidate-likes-magic-the-gathering-was-first-male-cheerleader-at-yale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> about Kunce, a huge nerd who served as the Yale cheerleader and was detained for harassing his neighbors with Lucky Charms because their weed-smoking irritated him, was undoubtedly the inspiration for the resulting article. ( Yes, in all seriousness. ) In his give day, he also enjoys playing card games with genius themes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/nerd-alert-democrat-senate-candidate-likes-magic-the-gathering-was-first-male-cheerleader-at-yale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NERD ALERT: Very Adult Cheerleader at Yale, Democrat Senate Candidate Likes Magic the Gathering<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nerd alert<\/strong>: Mini Racker, the <em>Time<\/em> reporter, attempts to explain what happened during the gathering of magic. We&#8217;re pretty sure that Kunce kicked her ass and enjoyed doing it like one of those rare nerd-bully hybrids.\u00a0Beyond that, who the hell knows?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Driving the news, defending democracy<\/strong>: The <em>Free Beacon<\/em> is dedicated to speaking truth to power and afflicting the comfortable, which includes members of the political party that controls the federal government. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/nerd-alert-democrat-senate-candidate-likes-magic-the-gathering-was-first-male-cheerleader-at-yale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">story<\/a> on Kunce&#8217;s nerd tendencies forced the candidate to take an extreme position and embrace an odious ideology to placate the radical nerd fringe.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>What they&#8217;re saying<\/strong>: &#8220;They just don&#8217;t understand how everyday people live,&#8221; Kunce said of the millions of hardworking Americans who are understandably weirded out by <em>Magic: The Gathering<\/em> and other nerd-involved activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some context<\/strong>: Kunce is one of those stock-image white guy candidates the Democratic Party likes to nominate in conservative states where they are almost definitely going to lose.<\/p>\n<p>He graduated from Yale and Columbia&#8217;s&#8217;s Ivy League and is currently employed by the American Economic Liberties Project, a phony say tank. He previously practiced law in the Marines. He just started speaking with a Southwestern accent. ( God bless his heart. )<\/p>\n<p>Kunce will almost certainly lose, but not before the mainstream media releases a number of puff-piece profiles that give the impression that he has an equal chance of defeating Sen. Josh Hawley( R., Missouri ). when, in reality, he doesn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beto O&#8217;Rourke, beta version<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>Time<\/em> describes Kunce as &#8220;a clean-cut, populist Marine vet who could give Democrats a fighting chance in a deep red state.&#8221; Based on what, exactly? On his first failed Senate campaign in 2022, when he &#8220;got buzz in the national press as the sort of Democrat who might be able to face a Republican in a state that seemed to be turning darker red.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kunce failed to possibly advance past the Democratic primary that date. A liquor daughter defeated him. However, he created&#8221; buzz ,&#8221; giving him the&#8221; fighting chance&#8221; to defeat a Republican incumbent in the state that Donald Trump won by more than 15 % in 2020. Yes, perhaps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it matters<\/strong>: In a free and just society, playing <em>Magic: The Gathering<\/em> with a journalist would disqualify someone from seeking public office.\u00a0To <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lswYTxcIgEg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paraphrase<\/a> one of America&#8217;s most formidable intellectual prognosticators: &#8220;We don&#8217;t want nerds elected in Missouri. No nerds!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free Beacon report continues to haunt Lucas Kunce, the former male cheerleader competing for the honor of losing to Josh Hawley in 2024 What happened: Lucas Kunce, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Missouri, played Magic: The Gathering with a journalist from Time magazine, a once-respected publication. 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