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309: Jason Lewis

Sexual Harassment

Jason Lewis had a conservative radio show before he ran for Congress. He served one term and lost by 5 points. Then, he ran for Senate, was backed by Trump, and lost by 5 points. In 2011 on his radio show, he mocked the women who recounted how Herman Cain had allegedly sexual harassed them. He even mocked the idea that sexual harassment could be traumatizing. He put on a fake voice and made fun of them. It’s probably why Trump endorsed him.

307: Michael Meredith

Sexual Harassment

Michael Meredith is one of the Kentucky representatives who settled a sexual harassment suit. According to the deposition, Meredith approached the woman and her supervisor and screamed at them asking why they would not fuck him, begging the woman to have sex with him. She also alleged other explicit federal statements.

306: James DeCesare

Sexual Harassment

James DeCesare was a Kentucky state representative from 2005 to 2018. He was one of several Kentucky legislators who were accused of sexual harassment who settled a lawsuit with the accuser. He sued the accuser, not because he claimed innocence, but for disclosing the settlement to her supervisor who reported the harassment. They dropped their suit because misbehavior by public officials is information of public concern

305: Steve Von Loor

Familial Abuse & Violence

Steve Von Loor won the Republican primary for the U.S. House of Representatives in North Carolina in a district backed with as many liberals as possible to dilute their voting power. He had no chance of winning so it was unlikely the state Republican central committee did a background check. Because if they did…

304: Joe Incoronato

Rape Culture, Uncategorized

Joe Incoronato was a Dutchess County legislator when in a meeting he said women bring rape and harassment on themselves based on their behavior. The Dutchess Legislature voted 23-1 to censure him for his statements. He responded by introducing a proposal that people can only be censured if convicted of a felony or serious misdemeanor.

He has apologized for saying it while continuing to give further context that his opinion has not changed. He repeats again and again that a woman who drinks or uses drugs is impaired and more open to rape or assault, not understanding that it is the rapist who rapes. Women drinking is not an invitation to rape.

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: