In this day and age, it is rather strange to see a democratic politician say something completely idiotic and not double down on the stupid. However, it is encouraging to see one case of where adhering to liberal political correctness is a death knell to a political campaign, and this is where Minnesota's Dan Kimmel found himself after tweeting the following Saturday night during the second Democratic debate:
According to the Daily Mail, Kimmel has withdrawn his bid for a state legislative seat in Minnesota:
A candidate for the Minnesota legislature campaign ended less than 24 hours after a tweet expressing an unpopular opinion about terrorist organization Islamic State.
'ISIS isn't necessarily evil,' Dan Kimmel of Burnsville posted Saturday evening, when the world was still coming to grips with the Paris terrorist attacks that killed at least 129 people.
'It is made up of people doing what they think is best for their community. Violence is not the answer, though,' he added.
After a furious backlash against his 'tone-deaf' comments, Kimmel said he 'deplored' ISIS's evil acts but later gave up on his campaign because of the outrage.
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