A Democratic candidate running for a county council seat in Indiana made some controversial remarks during a recent candidate forum.
Jamie West is on the ballot on November 3 for the Fayette County Council, District 4, in Indiana, and last week she sat down for a live candidate forum in which the moderator asked her what decision she would make that “may be unpopular with some voters,” but that she believes “would be in the best interest” of the county.
West — who was very expressive during the interview — answered, “Firing all Republicans … I don’t even talk to them. I don’t like them.”
“Our own state representative voted against her own party,” she claimed. “I mean, what do you want me to say? I don’t like being around them. I mean, y’all did this to us. You all voted for us. You made this happen. This ICE coming into our communities, stealing people’s jobs.”…