Dead Man’s Victory: How Dennis Hof Secured a Political Seat from Beyond the Grave
It wasn’t the only time Hof had violated O’Kane in such a way. Nor was she the only victim. Another woman, whose name was not shared, was being treated at a local hospital in September 2018, when Hof’s campaign was underway, and said that he had raped her too. At the time, The Nevada Independent reported that Hof was under investigation by the Nevada Department of Public Safety for sexual assault.
Hof denied the allegations and claimed they were “politically motivated.”
“I’m rich. I’m famous. That attracts girls,” Hof said. “I work with 500 sexually charged women that love sex. The last thing I would ever do is have to force anybody or coerce anybody to mess around with me.”
Hof ran as a Republican candidate, a voter demographic typically composed of conservatives who are more interested in traditional family values than sex work. But, like many “Never Trump” Republicans who still voted for the president, Hof’s personal character was secondary to his platform, which Hof described as “small government, low taxes.”
WENN Rights Ltd/Alamy Stock PhotoDennis Hof with Cami Parker, the person who described him as a “soulless pimp.”
“I hate this commerce tax,” he said. “I’m infuriated.” On social issues, Hof said, “Well you don’t bother me too much on that because I don’t care who has sex with who.”
Access to water also proved to be a huge issue for voters, and Hof positioned himself as a people’s champion, appearing at a “water-rights conference” held earlier that year alongside Ryan Bundy, whose family was well known for their anti-government occupations. The event was held at the Patch of Heaven evangelical camp, which was at the time in a legal battle with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for rights to water that had been diverted away from their property to the habitat of endangered pupfish.
Post Comment