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A Missouri Senate candidate faces allegations he assaulted the vice chair of the Jackson County Republican Party during a dispute over an overflowing toilet. David Martin, a Republican in a three-way primary for Senate District 11, is alleged to have punched Teresa McBride, the county party vice chair, in the back during a Father’s Day appreciation BBQ that Martin held at party headquarters in Blue Springs last Saturday.

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If he had repeatedly told her not to flush pads down the toilet and she did so anyway, it would have been justified. This does not appear to have been the case, however.
There is no question that a clogged toilet can push anyone over the edge. The ready availability of a toilet plunger could have defused the whole situation.
If I was a Democrat (God forbid!), I might have said that this was the direct result of Republicans being full of shit. However, I don't believe the overproduction of waste follows party lines. Bill