Wed
Apr 25 2018
07:39 pm
Mark Harmon's column in the News Sentinel
Opinion | Far-right ideas come to Knox mayoral race
"We even have an extremist InfoWars guest in our election for Knox County mayor. Glenn Jacobs, Republican candidate and former wrestler, once popped up on Jones’ program for a chummy and bizarre 22-minute chat about “the state’s monopoly on currency,” police state tyranny of the Transportation Security Administration, persecution of homeschoolers, and globalist monetary scheming."
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