GOP Candidate Won’t Apologize for ‘Letting His Hair Down,’ Hitting Beer Bong

Stewart Mills, the Minnesota Republican who is aiming to unseat Democratic Rep. Rick Nolan, issued a statement Friday responding to some potentially damaging photos that surfaced on City Pages’ Minnesota Politics blog. “It’s no secret that in the past I’ve let my hair down to have fun with family and friends,” Mills said of the photos, which include the candidate using a “beer bong” and touching his tongue to the lips of a woman who is not his wife.

Mills, who is vice president of the Mills Fleet Farm chain, added, “My wife and I have had many lighthearted moments in our lives but right now I am focused on my Congressional campaign and the disastrous effects of our overreaching government and sky high unemployment in the north eastern Minnesota.”

It was a seemingly straightforward and unapologetic response from a man whose potential constituents could easily be turned off by the photos. Evidently, Mills is banking that Minnesota voters will let his relatively minor discretions slide.

See the photos for yourself, below, via City Pages:

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[h/t POLITICO]
[photo via Brainerd Dispatch]

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