A former Mississippi political candidate is facing criminal charges after a bedazzled statue of Baphomet, a figure associated with the Satanic Temple, was discovered decapitated at the Iowa State Capitol.

Michael Cassidy, 35, a former U.S. Navy pilot, told Fox News that he saw the controversy surrounding the display, which was heavily criticized by Republican politicians like Ron DeSantis, and drove to the Iowa Capitol to see it for himself. He said it hit a “nerve” and went on to destroy it.

According to an archived version of his campaign website, Cassidy pushed for a 10-year prison sentence for anyone who destroys a statue in his own state.

  • @dohpaz42
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    1931 year ago

    He has since been released, and raised $40,000 in legal fees following praise from Republican politicians and far-right pundits across the country.

    This is the real travesity.

    • Billiam
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      Just another story reminding me how rich I could be grifting money off these assholes if I didn’t have any morals.

      • @dohpaz42
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        281 year ago

        Counter-balance it by taking the money earned and putting it toward programs to help combat racism, bigotry, and other indifferences.

    • @Broken_Monitor
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      331 year ago

      If one of us beheaded a jesus statue could we generate a similar response?

      • @[email protected]
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        1 year ago

        No and we’d just have all the national media talking about how the left are just a bunch of godless communists that hate America. We have enough of that already :(