Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
Samuel Rappylee Bateman leads a Fundamentalist Mormon cult that practices polygamy. He has twenty wives, including a nine-year-old wife. The FBI believes one of his wives his own daughter. He was arrested in December 2022 and was not released on bond as he is perceived as a flight risk.
David DePape is more widely known as the man who attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer after breaking into the Pelosi home looking for Nancy. However, his stepdaughter came forward claiming he is a monster who abused her and her brothers physically and sexually.
Angie Woodward operated Trinity Teen Solutions, a Christian boarding camp for unruly children. Twenty-five former students filed a class-action lawsuit alleging they were not provided the residential counseling and treatment but instead were forced to work ten to twelve hours a day doing farm labor on the board camp ranch, for other ranches, at churches, and even at a coffee shop.
Sandy Smith won the Republican primary for Congressional District 1 in North Carolina but lost the general election despite Trump’s support. She has a spotty history, in an interview claiming she was married three times, not the factual four. Republicans were disappointed she won the primary and McCarthy spent $600,000 trying to block her, but election denialism and MAGA extremism carried the day for her. She attended the “Stop the Steal” rally.
His wife and children allege he was abusive, that he terrorized them until they escaped in a carefully planned feat. They were certain he would kill them. He threatened to kill the family dog. He threatened to kill himself. He choked one of his daughters He certainly promised to do so often enough. Dakota Adams, his son, described it as living in a cult and writes about extremism and militias in his Substack site Deprogram.
John Raymond is a member of the St. Tammany Parish Republican Committee and formerly served on the Executive Committee. He is also on the Louisiana Republican Central Committee. He ran, unsuccessfully, for Congress. He was also the first voted off the island on Survivor. He is the founding pastor of New Horizon Church which owns Bridge Radio and Lakeside Christian Academy. As a teacher and headmaster at Lakeside Christian Academy, he has more than once been charged with child abuse.
Mark Benjamin “Ben” Ignatowicz chaired the York County Republicans in South Carolina. He spanked a child to the extent there was bruising that led someone to contact the York County Sheriff’s Office. As a fellow Republican, the Sheriff was concerned about the perception of bias so he called in state law enforcement. When he was shown photos of the bruising, Ignatowicz agreed that it was excessive. He claimed he was “having a day” and was frustrated. He was charged with Unlawful Neglect of a Child or Helpless Person.
James Ricky Carter was a Hart County, Georgia, Commissioner. But then he was arrested with his son after an altercation at a family gathering. His son beat a 61-year-old family member who was hospitalized with serious injuries. The victim’s grandchildren were witnesses. Carter was charged with making terroristic threats and acts and point a gun at someone. His son was charged with aggravated assault, aggravated battery, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, terroristic threats and acts, and three charges of cruelty to children in the third degree. Additional charges were added, including cruelty to children charges to Commissioner Carter.
Shae Sortwell is a Wisconsin state legislator whom state police referred for child abuse prosecution. The child had such significant bruises that a relative contacted police. The investigated and referred Sortwell for felony child abuse.
Monica de la Cruz is a newly elected US Congresswoman, representing Texas’ 15th district, replacing Democrat Vicente Gonzalez who was redistricted out of the 15th. Her husband sought a restraining order, claiming she abused her stepdaughter. In once incident, she is alleged to have dragged her crying stepdaughter into the bathroom and pinching her until she stopped crying. She is also accused of verbally abusing the young girl.