Democrat candidate Kim Olson running in Texas’s 24th Congressional District which covers the suburbs of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
The Washington Examiner obtained a clip from a live digital event this week that showed Olson defending the looting, rioting & arson that occurred as a result of George Floyd’s death.
She said “what the hell you got snipers on the roof for in a peaceful march? Even if people loot, so what? Burn it to the ground, you know, if that’s what it’s going to take to fix our nation. She added “I don’t think people want me to say that.”
Olson’s campaign says the “quote is being taken out of context."
Really, watch it above. How is it being taken out of context.
Republican Rep. Kenny Marchant has held Texas’s 24th District seat since 2005 but is retiring at the end of this term.
National Democrats are hoping to flip the seat.
Her military career is a highlight of her resume — she was one of the first women to attend and graduate from military flight school — but it is also a potential liability. In the early 2000s, when she was stationed in Iraq, the Pentagon accused Olson of directing contracts to a private security firm that she helped operate. While Olson denies personally profiting from the arrangement, she pleaded guilty to charges that included creating the appearance of a conflict of interest, paid a $3,500 fine, and was permitted to retire with an honorable discharge. That history has not been a major issue in her campaigns or line of attack from her opponents.