Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
Bart Jetton was the mayor of Reno, Texas. He resigned in 2021 after his wife called the police for help during a family dispute. At the time, the officer “resolved” the situation by getting the two of them to agree to separation. However, when it was investigated further, Jetton was charged with aggravated assault with…
In 2018, he approached a woman walking to her dorm after 1 a.m. and said he was a police officer and would walk her home. She demurred, but he insisted, so when she got to her dorm she went to the check-in and security chased him off. They got a picture so the police put it out and were inundated with tips identifying Cartharn. After all, he just ran for City Council.
Harry Jackson is the GOP-endorsed candidate for Fairfax, Virginia, School Board. He has been arrested three times for assault and battery of his wives. He had run for school board previously but dropped out when caught laughing at a student with autism.
Steven Crowder is a political commentator who used to be on Fox News before going out on his own podcast and YouTube channel. He is alleged to be funny, in a kicking-down sort of way. His wife is divorcing him and he angry that ‘no-fault’ divorce is legal in Texas. Three states have moved to eliminate no-fault divorce, including Texas, but they have not succeeded…yet. This is rooted in the misogynistic idea that men own their wives.
Andrea Speck was a candidate in the May 2022 Republican primary in the heavily Republican, sure to win the general, District 81. She ran in the Republican primary for Huntingdon County Commission in 2023 and lost that primary as well. While a primary candidate in 2023, she was arrested for an assault on her daughter. The next hearing on her case is July 20, 2023.
The governor suspended him from his position until the case was resolved. While waiting for a trial, he reconciled with his wife who told prosecutors she would not testify. They had no choice but drop the case despite the bodily injury and risk to the children. See 50 Reasons Women Don’t Leave Abusive Partners from the National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence.
Case History for his assault charge
Michael Patterson was the City Manager of Florence, Colorado. He was arrested in November 2021 for four counts, including two counts of stalking-emotional distress, a Class 5 felony; sexual contact-no consent, a Class 1 misdemeanor; and providing alcohol to a minor, also a Class 1 misdemeanor. He was immediately terminated and ordered to stay off city property.
However, the council knew about a litany of complaints about his behavior in the office and had already settled three sexual harassment suits. They knew he had pleaded guilty to domestic violence in Oregon when they hired him. When word got out about this arrest, all but one council member resigned.
James Comer is the Chair of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee who has made the committee into a conspiracy-mill. However, he has been credibly accused by an ex-girlfriend of being physically abusive and of getting her pregnant and taking her for an abortion. Two college friends corroborate her relationship and the physical abuse. She listed him as the person taking her home from the abortion clinic.
Sandy Smith won the Republican primary for North Carolina’s First Congressional District only to lose in the general. Two ex-husbands and her daughter have accused her of domestic violence. Her daughter filed for a protective order claiming that Smith “held me down by my hair and punched me in the face with a closed fist.” The protection order has been dismissed and she and her daughters are, according to Smith, on good terms.