An Arkansas campaign director for Democratic Congressional candidate, Ken Aden, came home with his four children from a short trip to the gas station and
found their pet cat bludgeoned to death on their doorstep with the word “Liberal” spray painted on the dead body. (pictured)
Campaign manager, Jake Burris of Russelville, Arkansas, said the cat named Gato was murdered.”
“Anybody that does that is just a coward”. This certainly goes deeper than being a coward.
The cat “had one side of its head bashed in to the point the cat’s eyball was barely hanging from its socket.”
Political motivation isn’t only what is evident in this crime but this is about a sick person(s) who could so unabashingly kill a cat. TV commentators are alarmed because it was a pet cat. Pet, stray or feral cat, it was a living, breathing animal that someone decided to end its life so horrifically.
We live in a very divisive world. We are so divided that cable networks have programs that lend themsleves to be either extreme- left or extreme- right. The political extremism that is occurring is not solving our country’s problems, only creating more.
So extreme, that a warped person took out his frustrations with Aden’s politics on a defenseless and innocent cat.
Burris’s five-year old son discovered the cat when he opened up the car door to help his siblings. He asked his dad what was written on the dead cat’s body. No child should have to be a witness to the senseless killing of his pet cat.
According to the campaign director, he says, “We’re pretty vocal and outspoken about our positions on a number of issues, never would have thought it brought something like this on.” He continues to say how passionate everyone is about their politics but in his town everyone is cordial. Apparently not so much anymore.
Aiden’s opponent, Republican Representative, Steve Womack, denounced the brutal killing.
I have read numerous reports that are making this even more of a political issue concerning tv programs and I feel the “journalists” should be ashamed to create a worse scenario than already is. Comments such as they expect no less from conservatives only leads to more divisivness.
This isn’t about a political party. Killing a cat is the issue. It doesn’t matter what your political affiliation is because it boils down to a sick individual(s) who could kill. This is about a cold-blooded killer that needs to be found! The HSUS is offering a $2500 reward.
I think many of us are passionate about politics but can also agree to disagree on political issues. But when you take it to a level to hurt or kill innocent victims, you need to put your political views aside. Democrat, Republican, Libertarian or Independent- how could any party stand for animal cruelty? It is a felony to commit such cruelty in Arkansas.
An innocent cat was brutally murdered.
What was the point of a murdering an innocent cat??? To derail an opponent? Seriously? This crime runs to the depth that only a sick, depraved person could possibly contemplate and follow through.
RIP Gato.