Claims that a Republican state senator running for governor in Missouri participated in a book burning at a recent GOP event have been proven false, but he said he would do it to "woke pornographic books" if they end up in the state's schools.
In a now viral video, Sen. Bill Eigel can be seen shooting flames at cardboard boxes with state Sen. Nick Schroer, another Missouri Republican, during the St. Charles County Freedom Fest event outside St. Louis on Sept. 15.
The video drew criticism after a user on X, formerly Twitter, claimed the two senators were "at a literal book burning" – a post that has since been fact-checked by Snopes stating that is not the case.
Eigel responded to the post himself by saying the blazing cardboard boxes represented what he plans to do to "leftist policies" and "RINO corruption" in Jefferson City, the state's capital.
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"In the video, I am taking a flame thrower(sic) to cardboard boxes representing what I am going to do to the leftist policies and RINO corruption of the Jeff City swamp," Eigel wrote on X. "But let’s be clear, you bring those woke pornographic books to Missouri schools to try to brainwash our kids, and I’ll burn those too - on the front lawn of the governor’s mansion."
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