Kansas Republicans pay to take turns hitting and kicking effigy of Joe Biden

People at a Republican Party event in Kansas on Friday were seen punching and kicking an effigy of President Joe Biden, with one attendee even using a baseball bat to hit the figure.

Photos and video shared online showed a mannequin with a President Biden mask on, being hit by multiple people at the event organised by the Johnson County Republican Party.

Attendees were reportedly encouraged to make a donation to the party before being allowed to attack the figure.

The footage, initially released on the social media platform Rumble but now deleted, has received widespread condemnation from both sides of the aisle, including from the former chair of the Kansas Republican Party, Mike Kuckelman.

“This conduct is shameful, and it is WRONG,” Mr Kuckelman posted on Facebook, while calling for the resignations of the local GOP chairperson Maria Hayden and Kansas party chair Mike Brown.