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Republican Sexual Assault (173 instances)

232: Thomas Ravenel

Rape, Sexual Assault
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Thomas Ravenel was the State Treasurer of South Carolina when he was convicted of buying cocaine to distribute. In 2008, he was sent to prison for ten months. He then went on to star in the reality TV show “Southern Charm.” He ran for the US Senate in 2014. In 2018, one woman alleged he sexually assaulted her mother but she amended her suit to withdraw that accusation. She also accused the other woman who came forward of lying.

Ravenel’s children’s nanny, accused him of sexual assault and rape. Ravenel pled guilty to 3rd degree sexual assault and was given a 30-day suspended sentence and fined $500. He also settled a civil suit with the nanny by donating to a charity for sexual assault survivors so she supported his minimal sentence. Another woman shared allegations of him flipping a switch and trying to physically intimidate her.

229: George H. W. Bush

Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct
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George H. W. Bush was the President of the United States from 1989 to 2003, between Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. In 2017, eight women accused him of groping them including one woman who said she was sixteen when he it happened.

His defenders point out that being in a wheelchair, his arm is at an awkward height for photos and he may just be putting his arm around someone as people do, but sitting, he’s too low and it’s perceived as groping. But one of the women said he groped her in 1992, the year he ran against Bill Clinton for president. In 2003, when he is said to have groped a sixteen-year-old, he was spinning around Kennebunkport on a Segway.

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228: Brett Kavanaugh

Rape Culture, Sexual Assault
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Brett Kavanaugh is a Supreme Court Justice. During his confirmation hearing, news of an attempted rape allegation was leaked to the media and became a significant part of his confirmation hearing. Like Clarence Thomas before him, he indulged in an angry rant that shut off further inquiry into the allegation.

Christine Blasey Ford testified at the hearing and so did Kavanaugh. He produced his calendar from back in high school to provide himself an alibi, though it substantiated her timeline more effectively than his. Other women came forward alleging sexual assaults but they were not called as witnesses and their allegations were not investigated. The FBI did not do an investigation of her allegation, though they claimed to have done so at the time. Tips about Kavanaugh’s past were not forwarded for investigation but instead sent to the White House.

223: Bill Kramer

Sexual Assault
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Bill Kramer was a Wisconsin State Assembly member and the Majority Leader. He was accused of sexually harassing two women, a lobbyist and a legislative aide, at a D.C. fundraiser in February 2014. When that became public, another woman came forward, reporting to the police that Kramer had assaulted and groped a woman in 2011. While she did not go to police at the time, she had a lawyer send Kramer a letter telling him to stay away from her. She had witnesses to her distress the night of the incident. She said she didn’t come forward at the time to avoid embarrassing herself, her family, and the Republican party.

His party removed him as Majority Leader and called on him to resign but he refused to do so.

In a plea deal, Kramer pled no contest two two counts of misdemeanor assault which meant that he was not required to resign. He was sentenced to five months in jail. He apologized to the woman, claiming he was struggling with alcohol at the time.

221: Nelson Hardwick

Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment
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Nelson Hardwick was a South Carolina state representative. In the middle of his sixth term he resigned for health reasons that turned out to be a pending criminal investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and assault and battery. He was accused of harassing a legislative staffer whom he lured to his office where he touched her against her will. He pleaded guilty to assault and battery in the criminal case.

219: Rod Jetton

Sexual Assault
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Ron Jettons was once Speaker of the House in Missouri. He seemed immune to criticism continuing to work as a political consultant to colleagues while serving as Speaker. However, brazen defiance of criticism does not work with the law. He was indicted for assault for hitting and choking a woman during sex. He pled guilty in a deal that avoided jail time.

217: Bryce Marlatt

Sexual Assault
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Bryce Marlatt was a Republican Oklahoma state senator. His was elected in 2008 and re-elected in 2012 and 2016. He was elected the Majority Caucus Chair in 2014 and Assistant Majority Floor Leader in 2016. Big oil loved him, the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association (now the Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma) named him Legislator of the Year in 2013

He would probably still be in the Oklahoma Senate if he had not called an Uber in July 2017. When he got in the car, he told the driver. “Hey, you got nice tits.” He grabbed her while she was driving and kissed the back of her neck. He manhandled and propositioned her. She reported it to the police. He was charged with felony sexual battery. He resigned after he was released. He pled guilty in a plea bargain in which he got 90 days probation, a $500 fine, $50 to the victim’s fund, and court fees.

This was a gift agreed to by the victim out of compassion for his family. Then he went out and violated his probation by driving drunk. His probation was revoked and he was sent to jail for 90 days.

187: Christopher von Keyserling

Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment
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Christopher von Keyserling was a member of the Representative Town Meeting of Greenwich, CT when he sexually assaulted a woman employed by the town. A Republican, he celebrated Trump’s upcoming 2017 Inauguration by reaching through a town employee’s legs and pinching her groin, an action Trump bragged about on tape. He said he no longer had to be “politically correct.”

Initially, the woman only told her supervisor and had no intent to file a criminal complaint, but learned he had done this to other women at the office. Von Keyserling had served 32 years and ran for re-election, he lost. He was found guilty and sentenced to house arrest

185: Will Lewis

Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Stalking/Harassment
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Will Lewis was the Greenville County, SC, sheriff when he raped a subordinate. He was forced to step down a year later.after she published a now-deleted blog post accusing him of rape and stalking, forcing her to quit her job out of fear for her life.

177: Matt Baker

Murder, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault
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Matt Baker was a widely respected Baptist minister in Waco, TX. Waco, home of Baylor University, is for Southern Baptists a sort of center of faith. In 2006, his wife Kari Baker died. It was ruled a suicide and there was no autopsy. He claimed she was depressed over the death of their daughter and wanted to be with her.

Her parents did not believe she killed herself and hired a detective who found a motive for murder. Her body was exhumed and her death was ruled a murder by asphyxiation. It was discovered that Baker was a serial predator with a series of accusations of molesting underage women, sexual assault, and attempted rape. He also was in love a young parishioner.