Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
Andrea Speck was a candidate in the May 2022 Republican primary in the heavily Republican, sure to win the general, District 81. She ran in the Republican primary for Huntingdon County Commission in 2023 and lost that primary as well. While a primary candidate in 2023, she was arrested for an assault on her daughter. The next hearing on her case is July 20, 2023.
Jim Duran is the District 6 City Councilmember in Ventura, California. He is also the lead pastor at The River Community Church in Ventura. He and his wife, Pamela, are being sued for covering up his son’s sexual abuse of her, beginning when she was fourteen.
Percy Wilbur Rock, Jr. was a candidate in the Republican primary for Greencastle-Antrim School Board in Pennsylvania. He was arrested after the ballots had been printed and software coded so he remained on the ballot. He got 763 votes.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children provided police with an IP address that had been observed uploading Child Sexual Abuse Material. Police tracked it to Rock who told the police he has been viewing CSAM for ten years or more
Stephen L. McPherson was the Assistant Dean of Regent University Law School that was founded by the arch-conservative bigot Pat Robertson. Mark Martin who was dean in 2021 was among the lawyers seeking to overturn the election on behalf of Trump. McPherson and his wife Melina who were house parents at Hope Haven Children’s Home that places children in Christian homes. The McPherson’s adopted three children whom they sexually abused and raped. He abused two of the girls while she abused the other.
John Brownlow is the former Chief Financial Office of Westminster Academy, a school that follows the theology of Doug Wilson. He was arrested for stalking a minor online and in person, going so far as to break into his home to spy on his and get unlawful images of him. He would persuade the boy to engage in a sexual activity and then record it without his knowledge. This went on from 2020 to 2022.
William Lee Lawshe was a Florida Fish and Wildlife officer. He was named FWC Officer of the Year and then in 2014 was named the national Officer of the Year by the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies after rescuing a man trapped in a swamp for days. When the police contacted him, he resigned before he was fired.
All charges have been dropped and he is suing.
Adrienne Peña-Garza is the Chair of the Hildalgo County GOP in Texas and a fellow at The Club for Growth, the organization that worked assiduously to rid the Republicans of moderates. She is being sued for her alleged role in covering up her brother’s sexual harassment and assault. Her brother is Aron Peña.
Jacob Desormeaux was a Lafayette, Louisiana, police officer. He was arrested in April, 2023, for allegedly showing a video with sexual content to two minors. He was suspended and his police authority revoked. Desormeaux was previously disciplined for turning off his body cam before a “tussle” with a civilian at a restaurant who had an “unauthorized cup.” He was suspended for twenty days without pay then. He turned off his body camera five times in 2020.
He’s also a sexual predator who searched for “good chats to meet young girls” and exchanged sexual and inappropriate messages with a girl who said she was sixteen. And Governor Abbott pledged to pardon him.
Scotty Campbell was a Tennessee state Representative who voted to expel the Tennessee Three for lack of decorum. He gave a speech criticizing the Three and two weeks later, he was the one who was out, resigning after being found guilty of sexual harassment.