On Monday I noted the campaign contribution far-right Republican State Senate candidate Jonathan Steitz (pictured, right) received from a man who justified slavery as being a “compasionate act,” and to add to my report, the Root River Siren has an excellent report outlining some of the other contributions Steitz has received from some questionable characters.
For example, Steitz, who’s running against Democratic State Sen. Bob Wirch, received a contribution from Tracy Bloom, whose husband owns Treasures Bookstore in Racine (emphasis mine).
The donations appear to come from clergy associated with Living Light Christian Church which meets at the Treasures Bookstore in Racine. What Giles and Zach may not know is that Treasures Bookstore has a whole backstory all it’s own…
Jerry Bloom, the owner of Treasures – (whose wife Tracy is also a Steitz donor) is a convicted felon who spent his youth as a skinhead and did time in prison for firing a gun through the window of an African American church in Racine while it was in service.
Then there’s the contribution Steitz received from Raydene Edenhofer, one of the organizers of the “912 Patriots of SE Wisconsin.”
The Siren spotted our favorite teabilly queen, Raydene Edenhofer on Steitz’ finance report. Readers will recall that Edenhofer is the original organizer for the “912 Patriots of SE Wisconsin”.
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Not only did the the 912ers write a bunch of crazy crap in their heyday, but Raydene herself has been a leading force to eradicate social justice organizations like Kenosha’s CUSH and Racine’s Racine Interfaith Coalition in a nutty smear campaign that says they and the dozens of area churches who are members are trying to destroy America.
I’ve often believed that you can tell a lot about a person by the company they keep, and in Jonathan Steitz’s case, it would certainly seem that one can tell a lot about him by the kinds of folks whose donations he’s accepting.
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