Illinois State Senator Rickey Hendon must be a happy man – after laboring in relative political obscurity for years, he’s hit the national news twice in a week.
Last week we featured the ebonics commercial he ran earlier this year during his campaign for Illinois lieutenant governor. If you thought that was extreme, wait until you hear what he said on Saturday.
The Chicago Sun-Times has the bizarre details:
Always-outspoken state Sen. Rickey Hendon on Saturday took aim at Republican gubernatorial nominee Bill Brady at a “get out the vote” rally on the West Side.
“I’ve never served with such an idiotic, racist, sexist, homophobic person in my life,” Hendon said before introducing Gov. Quinn. “If you think that the minimum wage needs to be three dollars an hour, vote for Bill Brady. If you think that women have no rights whatsoever, except to have his children, vote for Bill Brady. If you think gay and lesbian people need to be locked up and shot in the head, vote for Bill Brady.”
Other Democrats were immediately seen scurrying away from the Hendon as quickly as possible.
Source: SunTimes.com
