Courtland Sykes (Facebook photo)
Courtland Sykes (Facebook photo)
We came across this story by editor Lee DeVito of Metro Times.
Courtland Sykes, a Don Johnson look-alike in Missouri, is running for U.S. Senate with backing from Steve Bannon, President Trump's former chief strategist. "If you like President Trump, then you and I see eye-to-eye," the Republican candidate says.
In a St. Louis Post-Dispatch interview, he fires this odd shot
"More than half of Detroit's adults are functional illiterates — the town is crawling with uneducated people who can't read a breakfast menu."
Metro Times asked the Sykes campaign to explain the swipe, but hasn't heard back.
For a little insight into the man, here's info on his campaign website:
Courtland Sykes, Missouri’s newest candidate for the U.S. Senate, has been called MAGA’s boldest warrior. He is no stranger to conflict and danger—he spent four tours of duty in the military and intelligence arena in Iraq, the Middle East, plus a tour in Central and South American missions operating from the U.S. Embassy in Panama.
A certain forthrightness—call it a certain boldness in spirit—comes from a background like that and he takes no prisoners in stating his positions outright about America and its future.
Sykes is pro-Trump, pro-MAGA, pro-gun, anti-abortion, pro-wall—some have said he is the most outright and boldest of all Senatorial candidates regarding President Trump’s America First Agenda.
He campaigned this year for defeated U.S. Sen. candidate Roy Moore of Alabama and on Tuesday proudly posted excerpts of a September 2017 magazine interview in which he rejects "radical feminism's crazed definition of modern womanhood" and says he wants daughters who will be homemakers rather than "career-obsessed banshees" or "nail-biting manophobic feminist she devils."
