Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
Kevin Garn was the House Majority Leader in the Utah legislature. In 1985, when he was 28, he took a fifteen-year-old girl who worked for him, his business partner’s daughter, to Salt Lake City and took her hot-tubbing. He got in the tub naked. He claims that is all that happened, but she said there was more to it and characterized it as sexual abuse and a long-term adult-child relationship.
Josh Duggar is one of the famed Duggar family who had a reality show on The Learning Channel called 19 Kids and Counting. Duggar also worked for the Family Research Council, a sanctimonious anti-gay organization. He molested five girls and his parents knew and covered it up, even though some of those he molested were his sisters. Even though he knew his own son was a molester, Jim Bob Duggar, his father, said “rape and incest represent heinous crimes and as such should be treated as capital crimes.”
John McGee was an Idaho state senator who was offered a choice between facing a states ethics panel or resigning after being accused of sexual harassment. He chose to resign.
He’s kind of a “and then there is more” sort of character. He was first elected to the state senate in 2004, winning the primary and thus the election since Democrats did not run a candidate in any of the elections. But things went awry. In 2011, he went to a golf tournament where he got really drunk, stole an SUV and cargo trailer from a complete stranger and in an accident, got it stuck in someone’s yard. His blood alcohol was .15, nearly twice the legal limit of .08. He pleaded guilty to misdemeanor DUI in a deal that got the vehicle theft charges dropped. He had 180 days jail sentence, with 175 days suspended.
John Diehl was Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives. When news broke that he had been sexting with a nineteen-year-old intern, he resigned. “I take full responsibility for my actions and am truly sorry to those I let down, I apologize for the poor judgment I displayed that put me and those closest to…
J. E. “Buster” Brown was a Texas state senator. He served twenty-two years until his resignation in 2002. A young woman, Tiffany Black, worked for his office while a college student. She reported that during a mock golf lesson, he kissed and fondled her. She then resigned. Rather than pursue criminal charges, the D.A, negotiated an apology in the form of a public letter.
Gene Abdallah was a South Dakota state legislator. When he was nominated for the Board of Pardons and Paroles, a woman came forward alleging when he was a lawmaker and she was an ACLU lobbyist he asked if he could watch her pee. He denied it but withdrew his name from consideration.
Edward Southard was a SC state representative. He was accused of sexual harassment by a female page. He claims it was all because he asked for help with making a Power Point presentation. But another woman accused him of making her uncomfortable and even following her in his pickup.
Dante Acosta was Mayor Pro Temp of Santa Clarita and ran for the California Assembly in 2016. He lost to Democrat Christy Smith in 2018. He also ran for Congress in 2012, but failed. He’s currently serving on the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency board, an appointed position. In 2016, Jennifer Van Laar accused him…
August (Augie) Wolf was a candidate for the Republican nomination to run for U.S. Senate in Connecticut in 2016. He was supported by David Koch. The campaign was not going well. By February the campaign had gone through three campaign managers and three treasurers and ten staff had been fired or resigned. In June, a former staffer accused him of sexual harassment as well as federal and state election laws. Samantha Menh alleged he made frequent sexual remarks and sexual advances.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Republican governor of California, was accused of groping six women while he was an actor. In 2002, three women told the L.A. Times that he grabbed their breast, another said he reached under her skirt and grabbed her buttocks. Another said he groped her and tried to remove her swimsuit. Another said he pulled her onto his lap and asked if she had ever experienced a particular sex act. Friends and relatives of most of the accusers have confirmed that they were told about it when they happened. The women wanted to stay anonymous for fear of reprisals and loss of reputation. At least three more women came forward after the original six.