John Johnston-candidate (IN): A GOP candidate for the poor

This guy is a maggot but at least he gave voice to something we all have suspected to be at the true heart of the Teabagger movement.

Indiana GOP candidate: ‘No one has the guts’ to let poor people ‘wither and die’
By Travis Gettys
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 10:06 EDT


A northwest Indiana Republican has backtracked on outrageous comments he made on Facebook about poor people.

John Johnston, who is challenging Democratic state Rep. Chuck Moseley for the 10th District seat, said during a social media discussion on poverty that “no one has the guts to just let them wither and die.”

The Valparaiso resident told The Post-Tribune on Tuesday that his comments were simply hyperbole, and he told the paper no thoughtful society would allow people to go hungry.

“I was not trying to hurt anybody’s feelings,” Johnston said. “I saw the opportunity to say something. I think a lot of the poor have no way out, and there’s no motivation to improve your position. It’s like training a child, either you enable them or force them out at some point.”...more