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Blj blank blank the same party chairman later explained to the "st. louis post dispatch" that hann kahn said he may have mentioned his belief that tom was jewish but it was not a smear, merely just a description like saying someone is catholic. at tom schweich funeral, john danforth delivered a euology for trying to get away with that
Old family friend and asked him to check in with tom and his family. that old family friend was the assistant to former u.s. senator john danforth. that afternoon, he called tom and his wife at their home. tom schweich wife called her back. cathy returned my call. we spoke briefly. kat kathy said that he was up and about making phone calls. i told him i thought it was best to let others stand up for him. he then threatened to kill himself and handed the phone back to his wife. seconds later i heard kathy said
Fascinating enough within but it is starting to field like a huge level of tragedy in that state. the story look an unbelievable turn today. one of the first republican cap dates to declearare he was running this year was tom schweich. a month later he killed himself under circumstances that even now a month ladter are hard to get your head around. a half hour before he called two reporters and said he wanted to talk to them. tom schweich believed the chairman of the republican party
Wrote a note before he pulled the trigger and killed himself. but there is an unusual amount of evidence, there is an unusual amount of evidence about why he did it. about what had so upset him. what had so upset him was his belief of the chairman of the republican committee was falsely telling people he was jewish. mr. hancock did not deny that he had been telling people that tom schweich was jewish. only denied that he said it in a bad way. in that e-mail he said, quote --
Fire him because it will say more about us. for a while it seemed like that guy was going to have to go. the state republican party sort of went quiet for several weeks after tom schweich killed himself. catherine hanaway temporarily suspended her campaign out of respect for tom. the state party chairman did a radio show in which she said she was doing soul searching as to whether he could lead the republican party. apparently by friday this past friday, his soul had been searched and he decided he would stay put. keep his job. check out this very brief time line. this past thursday was the on...