Even though she equates wearing a mask with ritual satanic abuse and torture under the Nuremberg Code, GOP leaders are reluctant to criticize their party's nominee challenging the highest-ranking Democrat in St. Louis County.
“Wearing of face masks has long been associated with dehumanization and satanic ritual abuse, and yet employees were being coerced into participation in such practices, regardless of whether these practices violated their religion and strongly/sincerely held religious beliefs and irrespective of God's Law,” wrote Katherine Pinner in a lawsuit against her former employer, the American Association of Orthodontists.
Pinner is the GOP nominee for St. Louis County Executive.
“Per the Geneva Convention, the Universal Declaration on Human Rights & Bioethics, and the Nuremberg Code, no one may be subjected to torture or cruel inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment,” Pinner stated in her lawsuit. “Face coverings and injections have been used historically as instruments of torture.”
She filed the employment discrimination complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on Aug. 22 without counsel.
On Aug. 2, in a stunning and unexpected victory, Pinner defeated state Rep. Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin) during the primary. She faces Democrat County Executive incumbent Sam Page in November’s mid-term elections.
“We've seen candidates before who've dropped out of races because they couldn't handle the mental stress and I certainly don't want to add to that for her or anyone,” said Jean Evans, executive director emeritus of the Missouri Republican Party. “It's going to be a long, tough slog and I wish her nothing but the best.”
According to the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Pinner considered bowing out of the race but then changed her mind.
“One could argue that Sam Page will be the highest-ranking Democrat in the state when Auditor Nicole Galloway leaves office because she is not running again,” Evans told the St. Louis Record. “Katherine Pinner is trying to displace that person. That's a tough thing. Folks, whether they care for Sam Page or not, will rally around him because they don’t want to give up their last remnants of power in the state of Missouri [as Democrats].”
Evans once represented District 99 in the Missouri House of Representatives from 2017 until she stepped down to lead the Missouri GOP.
She was on the 2016 ballot with former President Trump in 2016.
“I was in a swing district so you never knew what you were going to get on the other side of the door, even if with Republicans who either loved Trump or hated him,” Evans said. “They would test you and based on your response would judge you on that.”
As a result, Evans is hesitant to condemn Pinner.
“When the rumor was that she was going to drop off, the call went out for Republicans to run against Page and nobody was putting their hand up so her willingness to run should be respected," she added. "Then, if people want to argue about her qualifications, that's a whole different thing but I respect her for running for office because it's a tough thing to do.”