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Kansas congressional candidate Steve Watkins’ adventure claims challenged
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Oct 02, 2018 04:46pm |
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| Category | Scandal |
| Author | Roxana Hegeman and John Hanna |
| News Date | Tuesday, October 2, 2018 07:30:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Steve Watkins’ campaign website featured a since-removed testimonial to his “heroic leadership” when a deadly earthquake shook Mount Everest during an expedition. He has acknowledged inaccurately claiming that he started a Middle East business, expanding it from three to 470 people. And there are doubts about Watkins’ self-description as a devoted, sixth-generation Kansan.
Even before Watkins won the crowded primary to succeed retiring GOP Rep. Lynn Jenkins in eastern Kansas’ 2nd District, some fellow Republicans were skeptical. One former GOP foe, state Sen. Steve Fitzgerald, called him “a charlatan, a fraud and an opportunist,” though he now won’t criticize him.
Watkins said Kansas “was always home in my heart.” However, he applied 11 times between 2002 and 2015 for the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend, a payment to those who have lived in the state for a full year and say they intend to remain indefinitely. |
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