This is the story of Benjamin Thomas Wolf, a Democratic House candidate who burst on the political scene in a cloud of marijuana smoke, but now faces a firestorm of allegations including physical abuse, threats, and an almost comical level of resume inflation.
Wolf is challenging the incumbent Rep. Mike Quigley in Illinois's safely Democratic 5th Congressional District.
Enter Ben Wolf, who grabbed both local and national media attention with a campaign ad in which he apparently smoked weed in front of an American flag.
Wolf echoed the theme of being an outlaw candidate by making an ad touting gun control that featured him at home with his AR-15 rifle, a weapon banned in Chicago.
As a result of these efforts, Politico reported that Katarina Coates, a former girlfriend who interned for his campaign, claims Wolf once struck her, grabbed her face, threw her to the ground, and put his foot on her chest.
Although Wolf served in dozens of countries, a State Department agent who served with him disputed the candidate's claims that he had been a "Security and human rights attache." The agent also said that it was "Crazy" for Wolf to claim in a press release to have been a presidential envoy in West Africa.
Wolf's fate may rest on stoners who don't bother to look further into his background - assuming they muster the energy to get off their couches and register their opinion on pot at the polls.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/03/09/will-stoners-save-democratic-house-candidate-ben-wolf/
Wolf is challenging the incumbent Rep. Mike Quigley in Illinois's safely Democratic 5th Congressional District.
Enter Ben Wolf, who grabbed both local and national media attention with a campaign ad in which he apparently smoked weed in front of an American flag.
Wolf echoed the theme of being an outlaw candidate by making an ad touting gun control that featured him at home with his AR-15 rifle, a weapon banned in Chicago.
As a result of these efforts, Politico reported that Katarina Coates, a former girlfriend who interned for his campaign, claims Wolf once struck her, grabbed her face, threw her to the ground, and put his foot on her chest.
Although Wolf served in dozens of countries, a State Department agent who served with him disputed the candidate's claims that he had been a "Security and human rights attache." The agent also said that it was "Crazy" for Wolf to claim in a press release to have been a presidential envoy in West Africa.
Wolf's fate may rest on stoners who don't bother to look further into his background - assuming they muster the energy to get off their couches and register their opinion on pot at the polls.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/03/09/will-stoners-save-democratic-house-candidate-ben-wolf/
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