UPDATE: The disrespectful Republican candidate Barbara Cubin just gave us our next fundraising candidate. Gary Trauner, her Democratic opponent. This is for the sole congressional seat in Wyoming. Trauner is not far behind Cubin, which is frankly insane in a state as red as Wyoming. He's got a real chance, and now an even more real chance. Give, give, give!
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune
The Libertarian challenger for Wyoming’s lone U.S. House seat says Rep. Barbara Cubin offended him by uttering a slur related to his physical disability.He started it? That's her response?
Thomas Rankin said Cubin approached him after a campaign debate on Sunday and said, "If you weren't sitting in that chair, I'd slap you across the face."
The Cubin campaign did not deny the remark, but a spokesman for the six-term congresswoman said Rankin started the exchange.
"He misrepresented her and insulted her integrity during the debate," Cubin spokesman Eric Cullen said, reading from a prepared statement....
"There's no way to undo what she has done," he said. "That shows her insensitivity to people with disabilities."
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Rankin said he wanted Cubin to resign over the incident.
“The best response Barbara Cubin could give would be a resignation,” he said. “Nothing less than that would satisfy me.
“She is not the type of person Wyoming residents want representing them,” he said.
