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*A Florida Atlantic University student filed a complaint with campus police Wednesday, claiming that former Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) had made a threatening statement against student protesters on his Facebook page, according to Raw Story. Stephanie Rosendorf, a member of the Florida College Democrats at the Boca Raton-based school, wrote in her complaint that “Allen [...]
*U.S. Rep. Allen West (R-FL) is the latest politician to be caught in a sex scandal over a letter he sent his wife nine years ago during his tour as an Army lieutenant colonel in Iraq. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] In the hand-written letter, West asks that his wife, Dr. Angela West, be his [...]
*Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) is now trying to downplay comments he made over the weekend telling Democratic leaders to “get the hell out of the United States of America.” Over the weekend, West said at a Lincoln Day Dinner for the Palm Beach County GOP, “We need to let President Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, [...]
*U.S. Rep. Allen West of Florida says he may quit the Congressional Black Caucus for tolerating what he described as race-baiting attacks on the Tea Party, reports Politics365.com. West, in a letter to the chair of caucus, took strong issue with words by U.S. Rep. André Carson, who holds the position of caucus whip. “It [...]
*Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters is back in the headlines after responding to GOP Rep. Allen West’s assessment that she and other black leaders are “overseers” on a “21st-century plantation.” Speaking on Fox News Wednesday night, West called himself a “modern-day Harriet Tubman” trying to lead black voters off the “plantation” — his description of the [...]
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