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Florida Special Election Winner Challenges President to 3-Point Contest

Businessman Curt Clawson capped off his victory in the Florida special election Republican primary with a challenge to President Barack Obama to “man up” and join him for a game of hoops.  

“To President Obama: We aren’t going to agree on much. I am going to challenge you on Obamacare,” Clawson said, according to his prepared remarks released to the press after his primary victory. “I am going to challenge you on spending. I am going to challenge you on economic growth.”  

“But first, I am going to challenge you on the basketball court,” he added. “It’s time to man up and accept the three-point challenge. My house or yours?”  

The former Purdue Boilermaker basketball star won the decisive GOP primary Tuesday evening and is a safe bet to win the June 24 general election for Florida’s 19th District to replace ex-GOP Rep. Trey Radel.  

This three-point challenge echoes an ad his campaign ran during the Super Bowl:  

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdEgaYf_1j0  

To which this seems to be an obvious sentiment: Paging Cheri Bustos…  

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWWjxSZVMpU&list=UUagtX7neO7QL-K1ZXRMV6Hg

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