Perhaps it was election fatigue or perhaps, amid the cacophony of sexual assault allegations, hacked emails, and ghosts of Clinton accusers past, the American people just needed a good ol’ fashioned pick-me-up. For whatever reason, the public made Ken Bone, an unassuming (and undecided) sweater-loving fella from the Midwest, a national folk hero.
He got the meme treatment, did the talk show rounds, and even inspired his own sexy Halloween costume. But the internet giveth, and the internet taketh away.
In the early hours Friday morning, Reddit sleuths happened upon Bone’s decidedly unwholesome posting history—including ogling the hacked nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence, copping to felony insurance fraud, and arguing that the death of Trayvon Martin was mere justifiable homicide. And like that, he was no longer the new, portlier Ned Flanders, but just another man struggling to choose between a sexual predator and one of the most qualified candidates in U.S. history for the highest office in the land.
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