Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
Ron Jettons was once Speaker of the House in Missouri. He seemed immune to criticism continuing to work as a political consultant to colleagues while serving as Speaker. However, brazen defiance of criticism does not work with the law. He was indicted for assault for hitting and choking a woman during sex. He pled guilty in a deal that avoided jail time.
Dan Kirby represented Oklahoma House District 75 since 2008 and won the next four elections. It all came to an end after the news broke that state money had been used to pay off a sexual harassment and retaliation complaint against him in November. Amid calls for him to resign, he quickly did so, but…
Bryce Marlatt was a Republican Oklahoma state senator. His was elected in 2008 and re-elected in 2012 and 2016. He was elected the Majority Caucus Chair in 2014 and Assistant Majority Floor Leader in 2016. Big oil loved him, the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association (now the Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma) named him Legislator of the Year in 2013
He would probably still be in the Oklahoma Senate if he had not called an Uber in July 2017. When he got in the car, he told the driver. “Hey, you got nice tits.” He grabbed her while she was driving and kissed the back of her neck. He manhandled and propositioned her. She reported it to the police. He was charged with felony sexual battery. He resigned after he was released. He pled guilty in a plea bargain in which he got 90 days probation, a $500 fine, $50 to the victim’s fund, and court fees.
This was a gift agreed to by the victim out of compassion for his family. Then he went out and violated his probation by driving drunk. His probation was revoked and he was sent to jail for 90 days.
Raymond Liddy is the son of G. Gordon Liddy, the Watergate burglar who infamously suggested people should shoot federal law enforcement agents from the ATF in the head because they wear body armor. He worked as state deputy attorney general in California. He was also convicted of possession of child pornography.
Anthony Silva was elected mayor of Stockton, California, in 2012. From 2004 to 2008, he was on the school board for Stockton Unified School District. Stockton’s local elections are nonpartisan but local media identify him as a Republican. In 2015, the FBI confiscated his phone in an investigation into financial improprieties. They discovered a video made at a youth camp Silva used to run. He was providing alcohol and playing strip poker with minors. They let the local police know and eventually the police arrested him.
Rick W. Nelson was the Republican Mayor of Stillwater, New York, from 2015 to 2017. He was arrested in August 2017, while his son was campaigning in the Democratic congressional primary to take on Elise Stefanik. He pleaded guilty.
When pleading guilty, he expressed contrition and claimed sex addiction that now that it has been discovered was being treated. His lawyer talked about the good he has done. He even volunteered to be a guinea pig in experimental treatment for sex addiction.
It all sounds good except this was his FIFTH arrest for victimizing children.
Charles K. Young was the chairman of the James City County Republican Committee, serving two terms from 2010 to August 2016, when he resigned. He was 69, so perhaps he just wanted to retire, but that is also when a family member called the James City County Police and told them he was in possession of child pornography providing enough information for a search warrant. Forensic examination of his computers and other devices discovered he had over 22,000 still images of child pornography as well as videos with minor boys engaged in sexual activity.
Michael Centanni was a conservative fundraiser and C.O.O of Base Connect, one of the many scam-PACs that would raise money for conservatives but retain most of the money for themselves. Even though they get cents on the dollar, no one objects because their mailers generally push the conservative message and voter persuasion. So, you already know he is sleazy. He is also a convicted child pornographer.
I am afraid you will have to read the details elsewhere because it turns my stomach. Suffice it to say, they found over 3000 child sexual exploitation images and videos and many were in his bedroom with a child of about 5. There is other descriptions of toddlers being sexually abused.
Ron Williams II was one of the people assigned to Trump’s failed Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. He was formerly an intern for Republican Commission member J. Christian Adams. The commission was a complete failure and Ron Williams getting arrested for possession of child exploitation materials didn’t inspire confidence.
Police got a tip from the National Center for Missing Children and checked his phone and found multiple files of child exploitation materials.
Joa Arpaio is most well-known for glorying in abusive prison conditions and his racist hatred of Latinos. He was Trump’s favorite sheriff and was convicted of contempt of court for refusing a judge’s order to stop racial profiling. Trump promptly pardoned him. However, contemptible as his treatment of prisoners and immigrants was, he is on the list for his office’s mishandling of more than 400 sexual assault cases.