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A split image showing a Satanic Temple display inside the Iowa capitol and Michael Cassidy, a former Republican Congressional candidate in Mississippi
A Satanic Temple display inside the Iowa capitol was torn down and beheaded by Michael Cassidy, a former Republican Congressional candidate in Mississippi.

AP

  • A former GOP politician ripped apart a Satanic Temple statue in Iowa's capitol.
  • He's now facing a criminal charge, but says his "conscience is held captive to the word of God."
  • He's raised nearly $80,000 for his legal defense. The maximum fine for his charge is $2,560.

A former Republican candidate says he was filled with religious fury when he drove to Iowa's capitol building and destroyed a Satanic Temple display.

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politics, speed-desk, the-satanic-temple, Iowa, vandalism, Religion
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