Missouri Elephant Walk & Pork Lobbyist Bus

Forgive us . . .

We have to pretend to be interested in Missouri GOP primary politics today because a surprising of our readers ask about it. 

A theme for this post?!? Probably: Republicans rolling deep.

But first keep this in mind about the nomenclature of an elephant walk . . .

New York Post:  Frat accused of forcing pledges to do the ‘elephant walk’ 

 Here's a more optimistic view and a description of a Missouri politico's publicity stunt . . .

"Republican Chris Wright traveled to northeast Missouri in what's called the "Trump Train", a truck hauling a trailer carrying three large replicas of elephants and campaign signs for former President Donald Trump and U.S. Senator Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, alongside his own."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Missouri governor candidate arrives in Kirksville in 'Trump Train'

"A Missouri governor candidate took a unique mode of transportation to Kirksville."

Meanwhile . . . On subject of a "pork bus" that doesn't live up to expectations . . . This opening quote sets the scene for a GOP front-runner . . .

In his campaign for governor, Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe has promised Republican voters he will stop China “from buying up our farmland.”

He’s doing so while traveling the state in a bus owned by Jewell Patek, a former legislator who is the only lobbyist employed by the only Chinese business that owns a significant chunk of agricultural land in the state.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Kehoe campaign for Missouri governor riding on bus owned by lobbyist for Chinese pork producer * Missouri Independent

Mike Kehoe is telling Missouri voters he wants to end foreign land ownership from a bus owned by the lobbyist for a Chinese pork producer.

You decide . . .