MO-GOV: Schweich dead from gunshot wound

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

This is definitely the low-point of my life, but I think kind of sort of agree with BigSkyBob? :/

I mean, the articles linked here seem to rather indicate that this guy had some issues that were triggered by a belief in a whisper campaign that probably wasn't really happening. Or did I miss something?

The whisper campaign has been confirmed by multiple Republicans who have quoted Hancock saying Schweich was Jewish.

A mention isn't a whisper campaign though. I read some of the articles linked here, there didn't seem to be much hard evidence for that going on.

I mean, is it even a thing in the current GOP? They love Israel!

There's a pretty good St. Louis Post-Dispatch writeup on how much of a barrier anti-Semitism is in Missouri.

Yeah, I mean, this doesn't leave me with a feeling that this would have been a huge thing either?

Whether or not there was any Anti-Semitism involved, it would be a big thing for the State Auditor to shoot himself.  Personally after getting an idea of his personality I know now he was probably a bit off in regards to that - that didn't overtly hurt his job performance though.