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801: Eric Carlson

Rape, Sexual Assault

He was sentenced to four years for each count, to be served consecutively. He was released after six years. He appealed his conviction and was denied. He claims he was wrongfully convicted. It should be shocking that a man who was sentenced to twelve years in prison for rape would win the Republican nomination. Yet, somehow it is not.

800: Joel Sartori

Child Sexual Abuse Material

Joel Sartori was Assistant Treasurer for Carl Paladino’s unsuccessful campaigns for governor and for the GOP nomination for Congress. Sartori was convicted in 2017 of both possessing and distributing child sex abuse material. Paladino has known and employed Sartori for years and knows of his conviction. Paladino said Sartori has paid his dues and deserves another chance.

799: Jonathan Hernandez

Child Molestation, Child Rape, Sexual Assault, Solicitation of a Minor

Jonathan Hernandez was the Chair of the Oklahoma College Republicans. He was also a campaign outreach worker for Ryan Walters who ran successfully for State Superintendant. They terminated his employment after two weeks. Shortly before his arrest, he received recognition from the state Republican Party for his work in Latino outreach and even a received a message from the national organization. He was employed by the Senate at the time of his arrest but was terminated.

798: Kevin Smith

Improper Conduct or Comments, Organizational Cover-Up, Sexual Harassment

He was accused of covering for sexual harassing supervisors in a sexual harassment and disability discrimination suit. In the suit, it was claimed he made dumb blonde jokes and called one employee “porkchop.” He was accused of retaliating when a worker made an official complaint about sexual harassment by other supervisors.

797: Vince McMahon

Organizational Cover-Up, Rape, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment

Vince McMahon is the Chairman of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and a close friend of Donald Trump. He even paid $5 million to Trump’s fraudulent foundation. He’s a generous donor to Republicans as well. He was forced out in 2022 when the board learned he spent millions on settle sexual harassment suits. However, he forced his way back even though there are pending lawsuits for sexual harassment and brand news ones as well.

796: Richard Fritz

Rape

Richard Fritz was the State’s Attorney for St. Mary’s County. Maryland for seven terms though he finally was defeated in the Republican primary last year. His defeat is a surprise given his voters have known all along that he is a convicted rapist, participating in a three-on-one gang rape of a fifteen-year-old girl. He describes it as a statutory rape when he was a teenager. He was eighteen. He said “it happens all the time…Three of us had sex with her and that should speak for itself.”

795: Kevin Rinke

Sexual Harassment

Kevin Rinke is a former auto dealer who changed careers in 2009 and began working for an organization that works to rehabilitate people with traumatic brain injuries. He ran in the Republican primary for Michigan governor. He came in second with 21.5% of the Republican vote. He says he will run again. This is despite the many allegations of sexual harassment from people who worked with him.

794: Philip Gunn

Organizational Cover-Up

Gunn advised the church elders of Morrison Heights Baptist Church in Clinton, Miss., not to report what the child molester John Langworthy told them when they investigated his tenure at their church. He told them that was privileged information that could not be revealed. That is untrue. They are obligated by law to report child molestation. He actively worked to frustrate investigators working on the Langworthy case.

792: Matthew McIlravy

Solicitation of a Minor

Matthew McIlravy was elected Mayor of Pilot Point, TX, in May 2022. Prior to that he served on the City Council. He was endorsed by the Denton County Republicans. A month later he was arrested for soliciting a minor, a child under the age of 14. Investigators believed that he may have communicated with more children.