McCloskey makes U.S. Senate bid official

As he hinted he would do during his speech to the Lewis County (Mo.) GOP on May 7, St. Louis attorney Mark McCloskey officially filed to run for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday.

From THE MISSOURI TIMES –

Mark McCloskey, the St. Louis attorney who gained notoriety last year for brandishing guns at Black Lives Matter protesters, officially jumped into the U.S. Senate race Tuesday.

Like other GOP candidates Attorney General Eric Schmitt and former Gov. Eric Greitens, McCloskey made his long-rumored campaign official with an appearance on Fox News, blasting what he called the “wholesale slaughter of our civil liberties” under the current administration. 

But in both his TV appearance and campaign ad, McCloskey referenced the protestors that demonstrated near his house last summer after the murder of George Floyd. 

“God came knocking on my door last summer disguised as an angry mob, and it really did wake me up. And as I campaigned for [former President Donald Trump] last fall, and as we’ve continued to do rallies and events supporting our constitutional rights, what I’ve learned is that people out there in our country [are] just sick and tired of cancel culture and the poison of critical race theory and the big lie of systemic racism — all backed up by the threat of mob violence,” McCloskey told host Tucker Carlson. 

“Everything has been upside down, and it’s time to straighten things back up,” he said. 

U.S. Senator Roy Blunt announced he would not seek re-election in March, setting off a flurry of speculation of just who could replace him. Aside from the three Republicans who have formally announced, most of Missouri’s Republican congressional delegation are considering runs, including Congressman Jason Smith and Congresswoman Ann Wagner.