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1529: Carter Miles Ledoux

Carter Miles Ledoux of Lake Charles, Louisiana, is a member of a white supremacist group that the Department of Justice has identified as a Nihilist Violent Extremist (NVE) organization. After a minor girl expressed support for interracial relationships on social media, Ledoux allegedly led a conspiracy with the NVE group he belongs to to stalk, harass, threaten, and swat her and her family.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Child Sexual Abuse Material, Intimidation, Menacing, Stalking/Harassment

1370: Peter Schwartz

Peter Schwartz is an insurrectionist from Kentucky who was sentenced to fourteen years for his participation in the January 6th attempt to overturn the government. He used a chair as a weapon against Capitol Police and also used mace. Prosecutors said he was one of the most violent of the insurrectionists who attacked the United States that day. Trump pardoned him.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Assault, Familial Abuse & Violence, Intimidation, Menacing

1234: Eric Spofford

Eric Spofford was the founding CEO of Granite Recovery Centers (GRC) an addiction recovery company with several centers and multiple programs to treat addiction and maintain sobriety. He led from his own experience as an addict and built a successful program. He is also a generous Republican donor. He now identifies himself as an internet personality and gives speeches on business, investing, mental health, addiction recovery and more. He has been accused of sexual harassment and sexual harassment.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Intimidation, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct

1082: Larry Wilcoxson

His former fiancée filed a restraining order alleging violence. He denies it.

Another serious allegation was made in his home state of Indiana where he was alleged to have a student he taught at a middle school, either a sixth or seventh grader. The case was not pursued even though there were allegations from several people and despite his being fired for exposing himself to a custodian. Later a thirteen-year-old girl claimed he molested her and gave her a nude photo of himself. She showed it to several classmates. The case was dismissed because the judge excluded one of the essential witnesses.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Assault, Child Molestation, Grooming, Intimidation, Menacing, Solicitation of a Minor

983: Brian Stout

Brian Stout is a Republican Representative in the Oregon House. He ran for District 31 in 2018 and 2020 but lost to Democrat Brad Witt. After redistricting, the district was more Republican and he won in 2022 when Witt ran in a different district. However, one of his campaign volunteers alleged her sexually assaulted and threatened her and sought a protective order that was granted.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Coercion, Intimidation, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery

936: Joseph Brody

Joseph Brody was the volunteer coordinator on Glenn Youngkin’s gubernatorial campaign. This is after he assaulted a police officer during the Insurrection according to the FBI. In addition, he has a long history of advocating violence against women. He approves of Eliot Rodger, the mass murderer, for targeting women. Online he harassed women and threatened them with rape.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Intimidation, Menacing, Stalking/Harassment

775: Vernon Jones

Running in the Republican Congressional primary in 2022, his opponents brought up allegations of rape that were made in 2005 by a woman who dropped the charge “out of fear.” According to her report to the police, he said he knew where she lived and he would find her. In an egregious act of police misconduct, the Dekalb County police chief whom Vernon Jones had appointed released her identity to the press with the incident report. She wrote a note saying she would not testify because of the harassment and the release of her name. She never recanted.

597: Brian Bosma

Brian Bosma was the Speaker of the House in Indiana for six terms. He retired from the legislature in 2020. In 2018, a former intern confirmed that she had a technically consensual sexual relationship with Bosma, but that she felt she was coerced into it. When Bosma learned the story was being investigated, he spent $40,000 to investigate her, having her friends and family questioned. He is accused of using intimidation to attempt to silence her, threatening to release unflattering information to the public.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Coercion, Intimidation, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment