Bigfoot erotica? Fur flies in Virginia congressional race
RICHMOND, Va. — Here’s a political attack you don’t hear every day — or ever: A Virginia congressional candidate says her opponent is unfit for office because he is a “devotee of Bigfoot erotica.”
Democrat Leslie Cockburn said on Twitter that Republican opponent Denver Riggleman fetishizes the mythical ape-like giant, sparking viral online interest in what’s surely the most out-there line of attack in this election cycle.
“This is not what we need on Capitol Hill,” Cockburn said in a tweet Sunday. Her posts included pictures from Riggleman’s Instagram account showing nude drawings of Bigfoot with his — assuming that the made-up creature is male — genitalia covered with a black rectangle.
“These images are very disturbing, I think everyone should just look at them to see who this candidate is,” Cockburn said in an interview.