House Candidate Leslie Cockburn: My Opponent Is Into Bigfoot Porn

Leslie Cockburn, the Democratic congressional candidate for Virginia's 5th District, used an interesting tactic to highlight something odd about her Republican opponent, Denver Riggleman. Cockburn posted a tweet with screenshots from Riggleman's Instagram account that show a sketch of a naked Bigfoot with his gentials censored out; Cockburn deemed her opponent a "devotee of Bigfoot erotica" (she also attacked Virginia GOP Senate candidate Corey Stewart in the same tweet, accusing him of cavorting with racists).

Cockburn later posted another screenshot from her opponent's Instragam, from what she called his "Bigfoot erotica collection," with a similarly naked yet censored sketch of Bigfoot, this time with Riggleman's head photoshopped on the body.

\u201cMy opponent Denver Riggleman, running mate of Corey Stewart, was caught on camera campaigning with a white supremacist. Now he has been exposed as a devotee of Bigfoot erotica. This is not what we need on Capitol Hill.\u201d
— Leslie Cockburn (@Leslie Cockburn) 1532904392

\u201cFrom my opponent Denver Riggleman\u2019s Bigfoot erotica collection.\u201d
— Leslie Cockburn (@Leslie Cockburn) 1532904505

Riggleman denied Cockburn's implications, insisting that the image on his Instagram came from a book he authored that stood as a "long-running prank" between him in his friends, called The Mating Habits of Bigfoot and Why Women Love Him. Regardless, Cockburn's tweets understandbly drew attention, and with nearly 15,000 replies on the first one, some were noteworthy and others hilarious.

One reply pointed out Riggleman had been featured on a Facebook author page accrediting his work until it was recently deleted.

Other Twitter users were more focused on what they deemed to be Riggleman's worst offenses -- which didn't include the Bigfoot porn.

\u201c@LeslieCockburn To the dolts focusing on the Bigfoot erotica: The candidate campaigned with a white supremacist. If you think the Bigfoot stuff gives you cover to 'like him more' because he 'isn't a typical politician,' then you're just really looking for an excuse to like a white supremacist.\u201d
— Leslie Cockburn (@Leslie Cockburn) 1532904392

Some wanted proof that if Riggleman was into Bigfoot porn, he was really into it.

Some thought that there were enough "Bigfoots" on Capitol Hill already.

\u201c@metaphorge @LeslieCockburn https://t.co/f0k2tKd5Qp Agreed we don\u2019t need this on Capitol Hill, though some of these images look a little too similar to sitting members of Congress already.\u201d
— Leslie Cockburn (@Leslie Cockburn) 1532904392

Others pointed out that Riggleman maintained his traditional values even when it came to his alleged fetishes.

\u201c@LeslieCockburn To be fair, that is the whitest Bigfoot I have ever seen. At least he\u2019s consistent.\u201d
— Leslie Cockburn (@Leslie Cockburn) 1532904392

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Some were upset that the tweet had popped up on their timelines for other reasons.

\u201c@LeslieCockburn Great, now I've got "Bigfoot erotica" in my browser's history. If the cops ever search my hard drive and find that I Googled shit about Sasquatch sex, Leslie, you and I are going to have an issue. All of a sudden, I feel like I should talk to my son about shaving more often.\u201d
— Leslie Cockburn (@Leslie Cockburn) 1532904392

Some Twitter users came to Riggleman's defense.

\u201c@Resuna @LeslieCockburn Doesn\u2019t @ChuckTingle write Bigfoot erotica now and then? Isn\u2019t love just love? Can\u2019t we all be buckaroos free to trot in our own way? Does it really matter if a lonesome devilman from the Void finally discovers peace in the arms of Bigfoot? Stay with the issues of substance.\u201d
— Leslie Cockburn (@Leslie Cockburn) 1532904392

And others have just been watching too much Scooby Doo.

\u201c@LeslieCockburn How do we know Denver Riggleman isn\u2019t three toddlers in a trench coat?\u201d
— Leslie Cockburn (@Leslie Cockburn) 1532904392

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