Apr 2, 2014 1:22pm(Alex Patton/YouTube)A Florida congressional candidate who likes for you to role p...

1. Congressional Campaign Rattled By Unearthed
‘Vampire’ Photos
Apr 2, 2014 1:22pm
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Patton/YouTube)
A Florida congressional candidate who likes for you to role play as a vampire and dress up as
becoming a Gothic-punk character is actually fighting again by indicating he in add-on has played
Jesus in a church play and also George Washington throughout an elementary institution show.
Jake Rush, 35, will always be the Republican candidate for your third congressional district. He
appears inside a marketing campaign advert together with 1 hand about the Bible.
But the particular marketing campaign has been rattled simply by pictures showing Rush's
involvement inside Reside Motion Role Playing -- LARP in short -- by which he poses as a vampire.
Journalist Peter Schorsch coming from SaintPeter'sBlog, reported in which Rush masquerades as
"Chazz Darling," posted lewd and abusive statements in on-line gaming forums, fantasized about
snorting cocaine, as well as threatened to "put on my small Rape Face."
Photos regarding Rush using blacked-out pupils as well as makeup-induced facial deformities have
confirmed Rush's participation within the Mind's Eye Society, a "Gothic-punk" role playing team
obsessed with vampires, werewolves, as well as supernatural rites. Talking points Memo as well as
numerous other websites have got re-posted your photos.
However, inside a statement launched from the Rush campaign Wednesday, a fellow gamer named
Lee Snyder came forward, saying that he, not necessarily Rush, had posted the actual offensive
"Chazz Darling" tweets.

2. In an e-mail the Rush marketing campaign says it received via Lee Snyder, mcdougal of the posts
says, "I comprehend remarks I produced as "Chazz Darling" are increasingly being erroneously
attributed to end up being able to Jake Rush. These kinds of so named offensive remarks made by
'Chazz Darling' ... had been made by me whilst portraying characters. These kinds of remarks were
made employing a shared account, which had several users."
Rush says he hasn't attempted to hide his gaming and also acknowledges membership within Mind's
Eye, but denies coming to become able to a threatening or perhaps sexually explicit statements.
"As a straight shooter, yes, I play and possess played video games, role playing games, board games,
Yahtzee, Clue, along with I have acted within dozens of theatre productions," Rush mentioned inside
a statement. The Actual statement included a new listing of theater along with gaming experience,Â
a lot of which occurred throughout his a extended time inside grammar college and high school.
His marketing campaign even released photographs associated with an fundamental school-aged
Rush beaming innocently within the George Washington costume.
"Any cursory overview of the actual Web will show that I possess played heroes along with villains,"
Rush stated in the statement. "The very meaning of acting is expressing suggestions as well as
thoughts in which aren't your own, just similar to I don't think I'm MacBeth, which usually I possess
played, I am not 1 involving the characters."
Rush's opponent, incumbent Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., referred to as Rush's occult gaming "disturbing."
"As a husband and also father of a couple of daughters along using a son, what I've study is
extremely disturbing along with will not reflect my values or the values in the 3rd Congressional
District," Yoho said.
But according to Rush, "as any practicing Christian, I am deeply offended the opposing marketing
campaign as well as their supporters would take a gaming and also theatre hobby and
mischaracterize it."
The Rush marketing campaign launched the complete listing of the candidate's gaming along with
theater experience:

3. o Jake Rush was additionally within the improv acting club in UF called "Theatre Strike Force."
o Jake Rush played MacBeth in PK Younge.
o Jake Rush played Jesus in the play in his church.
o Jake Rush played George Washington in the college play.
o Jake Rush auditioned for any minor component inside MacBeth at the Hippodrome Theater inside
Gainesville.
o Robert Rush, Jake's father, produced an off-broadway play about the impact associated with Elvis
"Elvis People."
o Jake's law firm, Rush & Glassman, continues in order to be any sponsor in the local community
theatre, The Particular Hippodrome, for over a new decade.
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