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302: Jon Landry

Coercion, Sexual Misconduct, Solicitation of a Minor, Stalking/Harassment

Jon Landry was a Republican member of the Farmington Town Council. He met a girl online. He used the pseudonym Jason Davis and claimed he was seventeen. He really was a thirty-two-year-old politician with a wife and two children. The girl was twelve. They communicated for four years until she was sixteen when they met in person for the first time and began an affair. Sixteen was the age of consent and the affair was consensual, but there’s more.

301: Benjamin Sparks

Familial Abuse & Violence, Rape

Benjamin Sparks was a Republican consultant for several candidates over the years, even Mitt Romney. Scott Walker, and others. He was accused of abusing and enslaving a woman and was charged with one count of misdemeanor domestic battery. He got his girlfriend to sign a contract requiring her to be his sex slave, wear a…

300: Todd Kincannon

Familial Abuse & Violence

Todd Kincannon was the Executive Director of the Republican Party. He was arrested in 2015 for domestic violence when his wife called in fear for her life. He claimed it was a side effect of his cold medicine benzonatate.

In 2018, he was arrested for killing his mother’s dog and terrorizing his mother. His father called the police. He may be mentally ill. He was also a Twitter troll who tweeted things like this:

298: Rob Brooks

Sexual Harassment

Rob Brooks is a Republican state representative, re-elected by Wisconsin voters after he was asked to resign y Republican governor Scott Walker. He did step down from his position as Assistant Majority Leader, but refused to resign. This was after he made sexist comments to two women Republicans and racist comments to the only Latina Republican in the caucus. He blamed it on being drunk, but that does not make it okay.

He said he was going to buy drinks for everyone except the only Hispanic legislator in the Republican caucus. Folks originally characterized it as a bad joke. He did buy drinks for other people, but not her. The three women described his comments as inappropriate and offensive. Voters had a choice in the Republican primary and 80% of them voted for the person guilty of sexual harassment.

297: George Faught

Rape Culture

George Faught was a Republican state representative from 2007-2012 when he made an unsuccessful run for Congress. Heading back to the state house, he served from 2014-2017. He lost Republican primaries in 2018 and 2020. He is most notable for opposing a rape or incest exemption to Oklahoma’s anti-abortion bill. When a opponent of the bill asked whether he was asserting rape was the will of god, he asserted a pregnancy that resulted from rape was “bringing beauty from ashes.”

296: John Boswell

Indecent Exposure, Sexual Assault

John Boswell is a GOP donor and party activist. He’s also sexually assaulted two women in less than two years. He was in D. C. to celebrate Trump’s Inauguration. While at the Mayflower Hotel, he walked up behind the maid who was cleaning his room, grabbed her buttocks and said “I like that.” A second…

295: Republican Voters

Enabling, Rape Culture

When Republican voters continue to vote for sexual predators and their enablers they become accomplices in creating a culture that tolerates sexual predators. Take Roy Moore who himself admitted he was dating teenagers when he was in his thirties, he received 91% of the vote. Jim Jordan is not just some legislator from Ohio, he’s a party leader even though several college wrestlers have come forward revealing they went to Jordan for help when molested by his colleague and instead of reporting as was his duty, he helped cover up the molestation of at least 177 students. A Republican candidate for local office won his election even after confessing to murdering his wife, admittedly this was a small local election, but come on people, leave the line blank.

294: Chris Hoy

Familial Abuse & Violence

Chris Hoy ran as a Republican for Maine House District 33. He was asked to drop out by Republicans and Democrats due to his criminal history including violating a protective order, two domestic violence convictions, According to court records, he kicked a pregnant family member in the stomach, knocked her down, and grabbed her by the throat.

293: Eric Schleien

Child Molestation, Sexual Assault

Eric Schleien was a New Hampshire state representative for two terms. His role model was Rand Paul. He is currently a podcaster, investor, and media personality His website says he is a tribal leader, but that’s a corporate training certification and has nothing to do with any indigenous tribe. He does not mention that he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a child.