Kris Kobach Files For U.S. Senate Run, Misspells His Own Name

By Ed Scarce — July 8, 2019

Your favorite voter suppressin', immigrant hatin', white supremacist from Kansas fancies himself a U.S. Senator after being passed over by Trump for immigration czar. After losing the gubernatorial race in Kansas last year, even Republicans are in no mood to have this guy lose another race in a red state.

Source: Daily Beast

Kris Kobach’s U.S. Senate campaign is off to an inauspicious start.

The former Kansas secretary of state, a Republican, officially declared his candidacy in a filing with the Federal Election Commission on Monday. But the filing misspelled his first name. The campaign amended the error an hour later.

Kobach is running to replace retiring Republican Sen. Pat Roberts.

The former secretary of state is a strident Trump supporter who previously chaired a presidential commission on voter fraud, which fizzled out after the panel failed to marshal much evidence that the practice was widespread.

After White House advisor Stephen Miller boasted of Kobach having evidence of such alleged fraud, the Kansan Republican appeared on CNN and famously came up empty with any proof.

Kris Kobach, Trump ally and former secretary of State for Kansas, has filed for the US Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Roberts after losing the gubernatorial race last year.

He also doesn't know how to spell his own name. pic.twitter.com/LGolEZxQGO

— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) July 8, 2019

To be clear, Kris Kobach would accuse Chris Kobach of committing election fraud and try to throw him in jail https://t.co/rVPBWO2lr3

— Josh Schwerin (@JoshSchwerin) July 8, 2019

Chris Kobach has filed a statement of candidacy for the US Senate race in Kansas. Which is weird, because the former KS Sec of State's first name is Kris, not Chris https://t.co/IQoRLJ8Hhi pic.twitter.com/CNaSBAtZga

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) July 8, 2019

Even Republicans don't seem thrilled by this douchebag running for Senate.

On record comment from @NRSC spokeswoman on Kobach: “Just last year Kris Kobach ran and lost to a Democrat. Now, he wants to do the same and simultaneously put President Trump’s presidency and Senate Majority at risk." https://t.co/jdKluQg6ZE #ksleg #kssen

— Bryan Lowry (@BryanLowry3) July 8, 2019

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