Michael Whatley was the chair of the Republican National Committee. Currently, he is running for U. S. Senate with Trump’s endorsement. He is pushing a tough-on-crime agenda, while he has been instrumental in helping a former felon and child rapist secure leadership positions in the North Carolina GOP.
Harvey Lee West was a 28-year-old police officer when he was convicted of the statutory rape of three girls, two were fourteen and one was sixteen years old. While West minimizes his crimes and suggests he took a plea deal even though he was innocent because it was less risky. He was a police officer.
After prison, he sought to be active in the GOP and starting hosting fundraisers. According to West, he was open about his prior conviction. Nonetheless, they were happy to accept his sponsorship of fundraising events. Then Whatley recently appointed him chair of the GOP’s 1st Congressional District committee. He was also the chair of the party’s Plan of Organization committee, a powerful rule-making body.
Whatley’s vocal efforts to dismiss the Epstein files and Trump’s long history with the child trafficker only exacerbated intra-party frustration over his champion Harvey West. Whatley’s “tough-on-crime” rhetoric seemed hollow when he worked so hard on behalf of at least one known child predator.
- The Daily Beast: Trump Shrugs Off Child Sex Offender Scandal to Plug ‘Great’ GOP Candidate
- Asheville Watchdog: Democracy Watch: Links between convicted sex offender, state GOP leadership may complicate candidacies
- Charlotte Observer: Michael Whatley’s ties to a child sex offender are getting national attention | Opinion
These vile men have no shame. Their sense of entitlement drives their corruption. Their misogyny is their brand. They work to normalise rape of under age girls and even children. They want marriage legal from puberty so they can legally Abuse females.
i am interested in administering the blog, it is fantastic and I echo the need to expose these people.
I will email you on Monday to discuss it.
The blog intentionally crosses swords with multiple incidents that, alot of times, has very little to do with the candidate and sex crimes.
I understand you’re having health problems and cannot keep up with managing this list. (Horrific to think that the volume is sufficient for this to be the case!)
I notice the list is hard to find and may not even be fully complete anymore on DailyKos.
Your work is too important to let it just disappear. I am super time constrained but will find a way to help out you or anyone you designate.
Please let me know what I can do to help.
Have you found anybody that’s capable & that you trust to take over the project as yet? Shame to see it just sit there. anyway let me know. Thank you. Randy 🙂