Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
He wrote: “If it’s a woman’s natural inclination to pull her nipple out in public and you support that than you should have no problem with a mans inclantion [sic] to stare at it and grab it. After all… It’s ALL relative and natural, right?”
Eddie Farnsworth was an Arizona state legislator and later state senator until his retirement in 2021. He is most well-known for his endless effort to protect marital rapists. For example, when a Democratic senator introduced a bill allowing severance of the parental rights of rapists he added an amendment to protect the rights of marital rapists.
Matt Gaetz is a current U.S. representative and a former Florida state representative representing the district where the dystopian planned-senior-community The Villages is located. He has been accused of creating a sex game where points are awarded for sleeping with women. He has also been accused of trafficking a minor child, paying her for sex with money, drugs, and alcohol.
Jamie Berryhill was a Republican primary candidate in Texas’ 11th Congressional district, an open seat with the retirement of Rep. Mike Conaway. With the endorsement of Texas Right to Life and the House Freedom Fund which is affiliated with the House Freedom Caucus, he was one of the more serious candidates. Until he wrote that immigrants entering America is like rape and that rape leaves a woman without value.
Matt Bevin was the governor of Kentucky. After he lost to Andy Beshear in 2018, he pardoned several people as he was leaving office. There were 428 pardons, many of relatives of his donors. He explained the pardons were motivated by his strong belief in second chances. While the governor had the absolute right to pardon anyone he pleased, some of his pardons were particularly controversial, particularly his pardon of a child molester.
Donald Sanborn is a Catholic bishop who thinks women invite rape by how they dress. In a now-deleted post saved by the Wayback Machine, he complains that hems have gone higher and arms barer. He critiques the clothes of the 1920s and post-World War 2 clothing trends. He seems to long for a long lost…
Betsy DeVos was President Trump’s Secretary of Education. During her tenure, she focused heavily on reforming sexual misconduct rules for schools and universities to protect men who are accused. DeVos actually accused schools of operating “kangaroo courts” because they were acting to protect women. She defined sexual harassment to limit what could be included and…
Gavin McInnes is the founder of the Proud Boys. He is also a confirmed misogynist. He said that women reporting sexual harassment is proof that women do not belong in the workforce.
Jon Bramnick is a Republican senator in the New Jersey state Senate. Before that he served in the New Jersey House of Representatives. He is also a lawyer and his law firm, Bramnick Law, advertises that it will defend those accused of sexual crimes by discrediting the victims. Everyone deserves a zealous defense, everyone, even rapists and child molesters. But, advertising from the outset that you will investigate and discredit accusers is something else.
Jodie Laubenberg is a Texas state representative who retired in 2018. In 2013, during debate on an anti-abortion bill she sponsored, she opposed an amendment carving out an exception for rape and incest. She claimed that rape kits cleaned women out and were the equivalent of a D&C. She later claimed her statement was a bit muddled. This was the bill Wendy Davis filibustered.