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On 23 January 2018, Courtland Sykes — one of four Republican candidates campaigning for the nomination to challenge Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill in the November general election — posted a document, excerpted and transcribed from interview questions and answers, to his campaign’s verified Facebook page with the title Do You Favor Women’s Rights? His answer, which included references to hell-bent feminist she devils and their crazed definition of modern womanhood made up to suit their own nasty, snake-filled heads, was a heavily qualified and logically incongruous yes: While Sykes expects Chanel Rion, his fiancee, to have dinner prepared for him at 6:00 every night, it is worth noting that she is not solely a homemaker; she is a political cartoonist popular in pro-Trump circles who, among other causes, has championed Trump’s statement that both sides [were] wrong during a neo-Nazi rally and counter-protest in Charlottesville, Virginia. This sort of home based enterprise appears to be what Sykes is advocating for in terms of a woman’s role in society: Sykes, who describes himself not as a member of the alt-right, but part of Trump’s America First movement, has been a controversial figure since he first announced his candidacy for the Senate in September 2017, opening his campaign with a video linking immigration to violence: The political newcomer with few, if any actual ties to the state of Missouri, is far from the leading GOP candidate, according to CBS News: He had previously been accused espousing sexist views on the campaign trail, and has drawn ire for sharing memes comparing his opponent, Senator McCaskill, to Ursula, the villain in Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Those memes also compare Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren to other female Disney villains.
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