Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
Josiah Magnuson attacked and harassed a fellow SC state representative Nancy Mace after she testified about her experience of being raped as a teenager. She had proposed a rape and incest exception to an anti-abortion bill and Magnuson sent out materials arguing that the misdeeds of the parents should not punish the fetus.
Jack Burkman is a conservative activist and lobbyist. He is one of the people who fostered the Seth Rich conspiracy theory. As head of American Decency, an anti-gay organization, he organized protests of the Dallas Cowboys for hiring a gay player on the practice team. He claimed falsely that he had been raided by the…
Jacob Wohl is a conspiracist and rightwing extremist who was banned for life from the National Futures Association when he was just twenty years old. He has a bingo card of security fraud charges and illegal securities sales, but despite his corrupt criminal history, he has been welcomed by Republicans as he uses his corrupt tactics to attack people with false accusations of sexual assault.
John Russo, Jr. was appointed Superior Court Judge by former New Jersey Chris Christie. A woman was seeking a restraining order against a the father of her child. She claimed he raped her, He also physically and verbally abused her, threatened to burn down her house, take away her child, and stole from her. The judge asked if she knew how to avoid getting raped.
Close your legs – his advice
However, he is on the list for his support for Rep. David Byrd, claiming the women who said they were assaulted by Byrd while they were in high school were not credible. He said this even though Byrd has not denied their allegations and apologized, though without admitting guilt.
Rep. David Byrd was embroiled in a scandal that began when three women alleged sexual misconduct while they were high school students and he was their coach. It is grossly inappropriate to ask teenagers to wear a shirt that promotes any political candidate, especially someone accused of sexually assaulting teenagers. Byrd’s nephew, Ryan Franks, is the principal of Frank Hughes High School.
Craig Rowland, Bingham County, Idaho’s Republican sheriff, was asked by a reporter about an Idaho bill that would require local police and county sheriffs to submit DNA evidence collected from rape victims within 30 days so it can be analyzed. The bill passed unanimously. It was in response to an Idaho Statesman investigation that found…
Joe Incoronato was a Dutchess County legislator when in a meeting he said women bring rape and harassment on themselves based on their behavior. The Dutchess Legislature voted 23-1 to censure him for his statements. He responded by introducing a proposal that people can only be censured if convicted of a felony or serious misdemeanor.
He has apologized for saying it while continuing to give further context that his opinion has not changed. He repeats again and again that a woman who drinks or uses drugs is impaired and more open to rape or assault, not understanding that it is the rapist who rapes. Women drinking is not an invitation to rape.
Ralph Norman is a Republican Congressman from South Carolina. In 2018, he made a rape joke during a debate. This was in the midst of the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation process and he made a malicious joke claiming Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she was groped by Abraham Lincoln.
George Faught was a Republican state representative from 2007-2012 when he made an unsuccessful run for Congress. Heading back to the state house, he served from 2014-2017. He lost Republican primaries in 2018 and 2020. He is most notable for opposing a rape or incest exemption to Oklahoma’s anti-abortion bill. When a opponent of the bill asked whether he was asserting rape was the will of god, he asserted a pregnancy that resulted from rape was “bringing beauty from ashes.”