Famed Nevada pimp died after a big night featuring Joe Arpaio, Grover Norquist and Tucker Carlson

Daily Kos Staff

Wednesday October 17, 2018 · 8:04 AM PDT

2018/10/17 · 08:04

FILE - In this June 13, 2016, file photo, Dennis Hof, owner of the Moonlite BunnyRanch, a legal brothel near Carson City, Nevada, is pictured during an interview an in Oklahoma City. Nevada authorities are investigating sexual assault allegations against Hof, a flamboyant legal pimp who is running for the state Legislature. The Nevada Department of Public Safety confirmed the investigation into Hof Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. The department said in a statement that the investigation was based on a request by a sheriff in northern Nevada's Carson City, where Hof owns several legal brothels. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Nevada brothel owner Dennis Hof gained fame after HBO featured his brothel (and the people in it) in the long-running series, Cathouse. Seeing the success of con man and fellow deplorable Donald Trump, Hof decided it was his time to enter politics and he threw his hat in the ring, running as a Republican for Nevada’s state assembly. Hof even called himself “Trump from Pahrump,” a nod to the small-ish Nevada town outside Las Vegas where his brothel was housed. Like Trump, Hof was facing accusations of multiple sexual assaults, including an accusation he raped a woman in 2005.

Hof died in his sleep after a night of celebrating his 72nd birthday. Porn actor Ron Jeremy, a longtime friend, found him in his bed after he failed to show for a morning meet-up. The porn star and pimp were headed to a senior center to campaign. Only in Nevada, folks!

What’s remarkable is that the rising Republican pimp had quite the guest list at his party the night before, including several big name Republican stars. According to Chuck Muth, Dennis Hof’s campaign spokesman, former law man (and current racist) Joe Arpaio was there.

Sheriff Joe now regaling the crowd. They love Joe! pic.twitter.com/3GbnRPWTqG
Ã¢ÂÂ Chuck Muth (@ChuckMuth) October 16, 2018

As was Grover Norquist, the founder of Americans for Tax Reform, a Reagan-Bush-GWB era conservative who once said, "My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub." Nice guy, huh? Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan have been doing their best to carry out Norquist’s longtime dream.

.@ElectHof & @GroverNorquist interviewing w/BBC after big Hof campaign rally in Pahrump featuring Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Ron Jeremy & phone-in from @TuckerCarlson. Only in Nevada! pic.twitter.com/9kLTUL9hfb
Ã¢ÂÂ Chuck Muth (@ChuckMuth) October 16, 2018

And he apparently couldn’t make it in person, but there was another special guest at Hof’s final rally, Fox News host Tucker Carlson called in to deliver a message to Hof and his rally crowd.

Folks, this is the modern-day Republican party. Can you believe it was only 10 years ago they were running around pretending to be the party of morality and Christianity? The same people who refused to accept gay marriage in 2004 are apparently the same people happily embracing pimps and racists today.

Famed Nevada pimp died after a big night featuring Joe Arpaio, Grover Norquist and Tucker Carlson

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