the right wing called President Obama the anti-Christ, now Republican Congressional candidate Ryan Zinke (MO) is now calling former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton the anti-Christ. Um, are there more than one anti-Christ?

A Republican candidate for Congress in Montana compared former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the anti-Christ.

The candidate, state Sen. Ryan Zinke, is one of five Republicans competing for the nomination to succeed Rep. Steve Daines (R-MT) who is likely to run for the seat being vacated by Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT).

At his campaign kickoff event, according to the Bigfork Eagle, Zinke said “we need to focus on the real enemy.” He then went on to criticize Clinton calling her the “anti-Christ.”

Actually, Zinke, once a member of the Navy SEAL unit that killed Osama bin Laden, is not new to partisan bomb-throwing. Two years ago he started an anti-President Barack Obama super PAC.

Ryan Zinke’s views should be relegated as coming from the political fringe, but it’s worth a second look because he leads the six Montana Republican House candidates in fundraising. He seems to have a solid footing among the right wing evangelicals who preach about the “End of Times,” as well as conspiracy-oriented gun rights supporters who regard President Obama, Hillary Clinton, and other Democrats as public enemies who should be eliminated.

This was cross-posted from The Hinterland Gazette.