We had a weird candidate for county commissioner. People on FB are bitching about their property taxes going up, and this spider-throwing lady is showing up in the comments to say that people should’ve voted for her.

Here’s a news article about the spider throwing:

https://www.eplocalnews.org/2024/07/19/spider-toss-case-takes-new-turn/

And a news segment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYDUeI72Eik

She’s so crazy even Republicans wouldn’t endorse her:

Late last month, the 3rd Congressional District Republican Party withdrew their previous recommendation for Simonetti in the special election race, stating in a press release that Simonetti, who had not sought a recommendation for the Nov. 5 election, “does not reflect our values.”

  • m_fOPMEnglish
    4·
    25 days ago

    Blaming constituents is a great campaign strategy, can’t believe you lost 🙄

  • zod000@lemmy.ml
    2·
    24 days ago

    I just moved here from FL, and for all the insanity down there, even FL didn’t have spider throwers. Property taxes and homeowners insurance are even higher down there, she should go down there and bring her spiders. Floridians might be more receptive to these shenanigans.

    • m_fOPMEnglish
      2·
      24 days ago

      Yeah, or she’d have made a great VP pick for Trump. Republicans would eat that shit up and defend any crazy actions she took. She’s also an escort, which would play well for him except maybe Utah, but they’d probably hold their noses and vote for him anyways.