Timothy Birdnow

Mark McCloskey is jumping into the race for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Roy Blunt.

McCloskey, you may remember, is the homeowner and lawyer in the Central West End in St. Louis who had to defend his property with a gun when a Black Lives Matter mob broke into his gated community and trespassed on his lawn.

He and his wife were both charged with unlawfully brandishing a firearm bySt. Louis Circuit Attorney and BLM darling Kim Gardner.

This article claims McCloskey is a Republican, but that contradicts what I have heard about him. He may be a nominal Republican at best.

I do not endorse him.

No, I want Eric Schmidt, who has shown leadership in the state and has done a good job as Attorney General for the state, and he has unquestionable bonafides as a conservative.

Former Governor Eric Greitens is also running. I most assuredly do NOT endorse Mr. Greitens (although I'll vote for him in the general election if he's the nominee). Greitens was railroaded, no question, by the very same Kim Gardner, who broke several laws in her political prosecution of Mr. Greitens. But Greitens is more a self-promoter and huckster than a solid candidate and we really don't need him.

I'm thankful to see Roy Blunt go. He was fairly conservative in the early years but they made him part of the GOP leadership and he morphed into Mitt Romney. Good riddence to him.

At any rate, I don't really trust this McCloskey fellow. He was way too close with the Democrats, and I've always suspected he might have been a set up when he famously brandished that weapon.

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