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West Sounds Off On 'Openly Socialist Individual'

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 05.07.2012

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Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) sounded off on the weekend's European elections, in which voters in Greece and France rejected politicians pushing austerity ...

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Allen West Refuses To Name Alleged 'Communists' In Democratic Party

The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 04.19.2012

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Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.), who claimed up to 80 House Democrats were Communists, refused to name any of them when asked Thursday on CNN. Asked by CN...

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Allen West Says He Supports Parts Of Obama's Health Care Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 04.05.2012

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WASHINGTON -- It turns out House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and conservative Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) might actually have one thing in co...

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Allen West Weighs In On Treyvon Martin Shooting

Posted 03.22.2012

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Allen West weighed in on the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on Thursday, expressing his support for a full investigation into the matter. ...

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Allen West Warns Of 'Second Holocaust' In Israel

Posted 02.27.2012

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Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) recently warned that a "second Holocaust" could break out in Israel if the United States didn't take sufficient action to pro...

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Allen West Accuses Dems Of Pursuing 'Insidious Form Of Slavery'

Posted 02.16.2012

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Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) delivered a fiery speech about Black History Month on the House floor Wednesday evening, praising the Republican Party for it...

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Allen West Draws Fire From All Sides

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 02.15.2012

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Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) hasn't been a candidate in Florida's 18th Congressional District for long, but already there are a number of people prepared ...

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'Allen West Can Run, But He Can't Hide'

Posted 02.08.2012

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Florida Democratic congressional candidate Patrick Murphy is pursuing conservative firebrand Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) into his new district, vowing to...

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Dem Rep: Allen West 'Not Representative Of The African-American Community'

Posted 02.02.2012

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Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) spoke out this week on recent inflammatory comments by Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.), saying that they proved he wasn't "representat...

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Allen West's 2012 Prospects Just Got Better

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 01.31.2012

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Rep. Allen West's (R-Fla.) re-election prospects just got a lot better. West announced Tuesday that he was running to the north in the proposed 18t...

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Allen West Retreats From Contentious Comment

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 02.01.2012

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Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) is backing away from comments he made over the weekend telling Democratic leaders to "get the hell out of the United States o...

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Allen West To Liberals: Get the Hell Out Of The U.S.

Posted 01.28.2012

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Speaking to a Lincoln Day Dinner in West Palm Beach for the Palm Beach County GOP, Rep. Allen West (R-Fla) fired off a humdinger of a line that within...

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'Shut Your Mouth, War Is Hell'

Posted 01.13.2012

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Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) had a strong reaction Friday to a recent video showing U.S. Marines urinating on Taliban bodies. "Unless you have been sh...

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Allen West Predicts 'Brutal Bloodbath'

Posted 01.10.2012

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Tea Party-backed Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) predicted in a recent interview that President Obama would lose in a "brutal bloodbath" to any GOP president...

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Allen West Makes Compares Democrats To Nazi Propagandist

AP | MATT SEDENSKY | Posted 02.15.2012

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Florida Republican congressman who likened Democrats' opinion shaping to the efforts of Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebb...

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'Maybe She Likes Running Against Black Guys'

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.02.2011

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Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) suggested a potential opponent, Democrat Lois Frankel, might be opposing his reelection bid because she "likes running agains...

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WATCH: Leading Republicans Snub Tea Party Gathering [UPDATE]

HuffingtonPost.com | Eliot Nelson | Posted 01.05.2012

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UPDATE: Nov. 6, 6:18 p.m. -- Republican presidential candidate and former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) on Sunday defied the lowered expectations of the ...

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Allen West Raises Big Money After Debbie Wasserman Schultz Comments

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.12.2011

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Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) announced Wednesday that he had raised $1.9 million in the third quarter of 2011 -- a formidable amount for a congressional c...

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Allen West Intern Fired Over Retweet

Roll Call | Neda Semnani | Posted 08.13.2011

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One intern got on the official feed for the Congressman, who is known for saying, "Gay marriage is an oxymoron," and retweeted the tweet. He has since...

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Allen West: 'I Didn't Learn Anything' From Chief Of Staff Controversy

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Incoming Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) explained this weekend that he hadn't learned anything from his initial decision to pick as his chief of staff a con...

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Tea Party Congressman-Elect DEFENDS Controversial Job Offer

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tea Party-backed Congressman-elect Allen West (R-Fla.) broke his silence over a controversial chief of staff pick this weekend, aggressively defending...

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House GOPer's Chief Of Staff Wants To HANG Illegal Immigrants Who Commit Crime

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Representative-elect Allen West (R-Fla.) decided this week to follow up a controversial and highly successful congressional campaign with a staff anno...

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Tea Party Favorite Fights Reported Connection To Criminal Biker Gang

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Allen West, a Tea Party-backed Republican running in Florida's 22nd Congressional District, is fighting a tough battle to put a damper on reports that...

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