William “Mullins” McLeod, a Democratic candidate for governor of South Carolina, was arrested on May 15 after police encountered him shouting in downtown Charleston while wearing only his underwear and shoes.
According to the police report, McLeod was “yelling at the top of his lungs” when officers approached. His behavior continued for nearly an hour, all of which was captured on police video.
In the footage, McLeod makes a series of bizarre claims — comparing himself to God and Superman, repeatedly using racial slurs, and at one point threatening to “kick” another politician’s “f**king teeth in.”
“I’m one of the most just humans to ever walk this soil,” McLeod declares in the video. “I’m Superman, godd*mn it.”
Officers noted in their report that McLeod’s eyes were “extremely bloodshot and highly dilated,” concluding that he appeared to be “under the influence of a stimulant narcotic.”
Christale Spain, chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party, released a statement following the incident, calling for McLeod to withdraw from the governor’s race.
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South Carolina’s Democrat candidate for governor was arrested wearing only underwear, cursing, using the n-word, and claiming to be both God and Superman.
Officers reported that McLeod’s eyes were “extremely bloodshot and highly dilated.” pic.twitter.com/8OmqFUTpG4
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McLeod’s arrest places the Democratic Party in South Carolina in the position of having to answer for one of its own candidates caught on tape displaying behavior that raises serious questions about judgment, fitness, and credibility.
If this is the caliber of candidate the Democratic Party is elevating for statewide office, it raises a larger question: what does it say about the party’s judgment — and its future — when one of its nominees ends up on video, half-dressed, threatening violence, and declaring himself Superman?