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Bernie Sanders Inspired An Actual Clown To Run For Congress

Emily Zanotti

An actual clown is running for Congress in South Carolina, and it’s all thanks to Vermont Senator, and failed Democratic presidential contender, Bernie Sanders.

Steve Lough is a former clown with the Ringling Brothers circus, The Hill reports, and a former volunteer with both Barack Obama’s and Bernie Sanders’ campaigns. He also happens to have snagged the Democratic nomination in South Carolina’s 5th Congressional district, and he could take on the sitting Republican incumbent, Rep. Ralph Norman in November.

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