Arizona Senate candidate Rep. Ruben Gallego (D) was the target of swift backlash after his insulting comments about Republicans' “cultural identity” during a campaign event.
Gallego, who is running for the seat currently held by Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), claimed that Republican “culture” could ultimately be boiled down to firearms and “jacked up” trucks “with some cow nuts hanging in the back.”
According to a report from Fox News Digital, Gallego was initially responding to a question from the audience about school shootings.
“School shooting-level casualties happen every day in the streets of America,” Gallego claimed, adding, “We don't focus on trying to stop everyday gun violence because a lot of politicians are afraid of the NRA and the gun lobby.”
“And also, even beyond the gun lobby, there is now weapons — and I don't really call them guns. As a Marine, I call them weapons,” Gallego continued. “Weapons 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.”
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, “Look at how @RubenGallego 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.”
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Coming from a man w/o balls.