In what can only be described as a shocking turn of events, Republicans in Chicago have voted to send a candidate whose radical religious views stretch the imagination to Congress. Susanne Atanus last night won the GOP primary and will face Democratic Rep. Jan Schakowsky in November.
“I am a conservative Republican and I believe in God first,” Atanus, 55, had told the Daily Herald editorial board in January.
“God is angry,” she added. “We are provoking him with abortions and same-sex marriage and civil unions. Same-sex activity is going to increase AIDS. If it’s in our military it will weaken our military. We need to respect God.â€
The Herald reported that Atanus “said she believes God controls the weather and has put tornadoes and diseases such as autism and dementia on earth as punishment for gay rights and legalized abortions.â€
The fact that tornadoes, autism and dementia pre-date gay rights and legalized abortions clearly did not dissuade Atanus, who is a member of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, from her policy position.
Atanus’ “primary opponent, Republican David Earl Williams III, has called for a recount of the official results, which showed 12,447 votes for Atanus and 12,012 votes for him with all 338 precincts reporting in Cook County,” The Raw Story reports:
The 30-year-old Williams carried his own liabilities, including a challenge to his nominating petition and a December domestic violence order filed against him by a former girlfriend who claims he tried to get her fired and kicked out of school by impersonating her online.
He’s currently fighting a judge’s order to attend anger management classes and undergo a mental health assessment.
Looks like Rep. Jan Schakowsky, who was first elected to Congress in 1998 and is considered one of if not the most-progressive member of Congress, will get at least two more years.