Posted on 09/12/2020 10:14:21 AM PDT by billorites
KEENE — New Hampshire’s first trans, anarchist, Satanic candidate for county sheriff says she’s not getting a lot of support from the Republican Party.
“I can’t imagine they’re happy about this,” said Aria DiMezzo.
DiMezzo, who is running as a Republican with the campaign slogan “F*** the Police,” said Friday she hasn’t had any help or support for the county or state GOP. DiMezzo won the Republican nomination for Cheshire County Sheriff Tuesday night running unopposed in the primary. She’ll now square off with popular incumbent Democrat Eli Rivera, who is running for his fifth term.
Marylin Huston, Cheshire County GOP chair, congratulated her on her victory. Huston consistently referred to DiMezzo as “he” during the interview, despite the candidate identifying as female.
“He did very well with the primary and that was wonderful,” Huston said.
DiMezzo comes from the Free Keene group of Libertarian activists that produced Nobody, a gubernatorial candidate who changed his name from Rich Paul to Nobody. She also hosts an internet radio show where she is referred to as “She-Male.” Free Keene started as an off-shoot of the Free State Project of Libertarians, but the Free State Project has since distanced itself from Free Keene.
Huston said DiMezzo only ran as a Republican because of problems getting Libertarian candidates on the ballot. Huston said DiMezzo never showed up to the GOP meetings and candidate events, even though she was invited.
“Aria really came into the Republican party because he was unable to get onto a Libertarian ballot,” Huston said.
DiMezzo signed up to run as a Republican two days before the deadline when she found out long-time Republican candidate Earl Nelson was not running. DiMezzo said she would be willing to be more supportive of the GOP agenda if the party was supportive of her.
“They’re clearly not on my side,” DiMezzo said.
There was an effort in Rindge to write Nelson in as a candidate after concerns were raised on social media about DiMezzo’s gender, religious beliefs, and politics. Nelson got more than 200 write-in votes on Rindge on Tuesday night.
“People of Rindge did a phenomenal job. Very well done,” DiMezzo said.
There was no concerted effort to keep DiMezzo from getting the nomination, Huston said, though Huston heard from many people who wanted to write in a different candidate instead of DiMezzo.
“I guess that’s just part of the whole political scene,” Huston said.
Huston said DiMezzo is welcome to be part of the GOP, but some people may have disagreed with her positions.
“If you look at their social media and their political statements they really do not fall in line with the Republican message,” Huston said.
DiMezzo said the GOP in Cheshire County has only itself to blame for her candidacy. She ran in 2018 as a Libertarian and got around three percent of the vote.
“I shouldn’t have won this freaking primary. I should have gotten crushed,” DiMezzo said.
DiMezzo wants to end the prosecution of drug crimes, sex work, illegal immigration, and anything else that she says do not have an actual victim. She said in a lot of ways, she’s to the left of Rivera.
“I’m more liberal than he is,” DiMezzo said. “There’s tons of things people get fined for, arrested for, that don’t actually have any victims.”
New Hampshire’s RNC Committeeman Chris Ager declined to comment.
College town.
Interesting place. But the Cheshire county Republicans need to be in a nervous hospital.
And I would deserve it.
:D
Live footage of the general election campaign kickoff at the candidate’s HQ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc80tFJpTuo
It’s a Libertarian who filed as a Republican because no Republican challenged the popular rat incumbent.
Disgusting and pathetic, the party needs to always field a candidate, this is like the Nazi guy getting nominated for Congress in IL-3 last time.
I still won’t endorse any rat (especially since the rat is 100% to win), I say write in or undervote.
The problem with our political system is that it doesn’t encourage the best people to get involved in it. They are much better off being in the private sector, and the Left has made it clear that they will make life hell for anyone who tries to oppose them.
I cross party lines to vote in California just to mess with the worst candidate possible for the battle in November. Was tough in the Hillary/Bernie election. I always seem to vote for the loser :^)
Bernie would lost worse.
Good point; the beauty of the 1st Amendment is that it allows domestic enemies to publicly ID themselves.
And folks wonder why I don’t vote....
No they don’t. They wonder why as a member of the class of ‘98 you have managed to be influence by the ridiculous notion that NOT VOTING is some kind of winning strategy.
Rush Limbaugh has attempted to explain this loser strategy till he’s blue in the face and still there are folks like you that don’t get it.
For all I know, you may be Freeper extrodinair but the strategy stinks and especially now. In my humble opinion it is not reflective of a member of the class of ‘98.
So no, I don’t wonder at all, and furthermore by virtue of your longevity as a Freeper you have managed to pass through at least two previous elections where the assininity of the no vote strategy has been discussed at great length and you still cling to the idea, which is certainly your right, until it impacts the rest of us.
Believe me, I can understand living in Maryland and feeling like voting is a lost cause as a Republican, nevertheless...
“there are folks like you that don’t get it”
Hey, I tried really hard to not point personal fingers in my comment. The above crosses the line in my opinion, so forgive me for that, if you see other comments that cross your line do let me know.
Previous District I was eligible to vote: 87 years of the same Family, yes - 87 years - as the House Rep....
Vote like it matters they said... It doesn’t...
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