Nevada rancher Bundy makes campaign pitch

ASSOCIATED PRESS

October 23, 2014 - 3:14 pm

Rancher Cliven Bundy, left, appears in an online campaign ad with Kamau Bakari, a third-party candidate in the 1st Congressional District race. (Courtesy/YouTube screengrab)

The Southern Nevada rancher who was criticized earlier this year for suggesting black people were better off as slaves is raising eyebrows again.

Cliven Bundy appears in a campaign ad to elect an African-American man to Congress, saying he ought to be able to say what he wants without being labeled a racist.

Third-party candidate Kamau Bakari appeared alongside Bundy and posted the video online last week. It’s since attracted more than 50,000 views on YouTube.

Bakari is running in the 1st Congressional District race against favored Democratic incumbent Rep. Dina Titus and Republican underdog Dr. Annette Teijeiro in the urban Las Vegas district.

The commercial features Bundy and Bakari clad as cowboys, lamenting political correctness. They challenge U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Titus to come to Las Vegas and talk about race and freedom in America.

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Ammon Bundy, seen in 2017 in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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The Associated Press

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Cliven Bundy walks out of the Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse in Las Vegas a free man with his wif ...

Appeals court upholds dismissal of Cliven Bundy case

By David Ferrara / RJ

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Cliven Bundy walks out of Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse in Las Vegas a free man with his wife, C ...

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By David Ferrara / RJ

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