The Indiana Republican Party is officially disapproving of remarks by Richard Behney, a Tea Party activist who is seeking the GOP nomination to run against Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh, and who declared that if the 2010 elections don’t turn out right he would be “cleaning my guns and getting ready for the big show.”
“We don’t condone this type of rhetoric and feel it is unhelpful in promoting constructive debate,” said state GOP chairman Murray Clark, in a statement e-mailed to TPMDC. “We continue to encourage anyone seeking political change to do so through the electoral process and to discuss the issues of the day in a civil manner.”
In a video that was posted online in late December, but has received wider attention in the last few days, Behney told a political gathering: “I believe personally, we’re at a crossroads. We have one last opportunity. And I believe 2010 is it. All right? And we can do it with our vote. And we can get new faces in, whether it’s my face or not, I pray to God that I see new faces. And if we don’t see new faces, I’m cleaning my guns and getting ready for the big show. And I’m serious about that, and I bet you are, too. But I know none of us want to go that far yet, and we can do it with our vote.” (Watch the video here.)
