Just hours before the deadline, Michael Allen Ogle, a Kansas man who pleaded guilty to a violent crime, submitted the paperwork to run for the 2nd District seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner.
“The majority of Kansas is probably going to vote for a felon for president,” said the newly minted candidate, Michael Allen Ogle, as quoted by KSNT. “So I figured why not take my shot, and you can vote for two if you want.” Trump is an inspiration to criminals everywhere. “Felons, Donald Trump should be an inspiration,” Ogle posted Thursday on Facebook.
Ogle ended up spending 55 days in jail after entering the guilty plea and was given a two-year suspended sentence. He also lost the right to own a firearm, but he hopes to expunge his record and get his right to bear arms back.
I've included a news report from KTKA in Topeka. The main issues for the Republicans seem to be border security/immigration/"illegals"; transgender issues; and too much government. One of this motley crew will get elected and represent the area in Congress.
Source: Kansas Reflector
On Monday, just hours before the filing deadline, a Topeka man with a violent criminal history submitted the paperwork necessary to run for Congress.
“The majority of Kansas is probably going to vote for a felon for president,” said the newly minted candidate, Michael Allen Ogle, as quoted by KSNT. “So I figured why not take my shot, and you can vote for two if you want.”
How neatly Ogle summed up a cynical — and dangerous — campaign strategy. What recently would have been beyond the pale is now embraced, after Donald Trump’s May 30 convictions in the New York hush money trial, as street cred for politicians. The bar just keeps getting lower in American politics. If it gets much lower, we’ll all be in the gravel pit with Cricket.
Ogle is among five GOP hopefuls vying to fill the 2nd District seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner, who is not seeking reelection. The district represents most of eastern Kansas, with the exception of portions of the Kansas City metro area and Lawrence. There are also two Democrats running, including Nancy Boyda, who held the seat for one term, until 2009.
Ogle pleaded guilty to aggravated domestic battery for choking a family member and interference with a law enforcement officer after a drunken Christmas morning domestic dispute in 2019 at his Topeka home, according to court records. Police had been summoned by a family member who said Ogle was inside with children, had access to a handgun, and was making threats. Police subdued Ogle with rubber bullets and in the course of the arrest, according to reports, fatally shot one of his dogs because it was deemed a threat to officers.
An Army veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom and a member of the Kansas Army National Guard who retired at the rank of major, Ogle is the service officer of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1650 in Topeka, according to the organization’s website. In the KSNT interview, he blamed the drunken Christmas morning domestic dispute on his inability to adjust to civilian life following his overseas deployment.
