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Republican Sexual Harassment (239 instances)

230: Robert Bentley

Extortion, Hostile Workplace, Organizational Cover-Up, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct
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Robert Bentley was the governor of Alabama when a scandal broke about him having an affair with a married woman. While hypocritical and not nice, it is not necessarily predatory, since they were consenting adults. Except she worked for him so the relationship becomes problematic and not one of equals. In addition, he bullied his other staff who were privy to the affair as they carried on in his office. He also threatened his now ex-wife’s staff when he sent text messages to his lover that linked to his wife’s iPad to ensure she did not find out. Adding to his problems he illegally used public funds to carry on the affair and used campaign funds for personal use.

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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222: Thad Viers

Sexual Harassment
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Thad Viers was a committed conservative. As a teen, he was a page for South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond. He went to The Citadel. He worked for the Heritage Foundation. He was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 2003. He was planning a run for Congress in 2012. But things began falling apart.

In 2008, he pleaded no contest to threatening to beat up and sexually assault a man who was dating his ex-wife. He paid a $500 fine. In 2012, he suspended his run for Congress and decided not to run for re-election, and then resigned after he was arrested for stalking an ex-girlfriend. She brought an entire binder of letters sent after she broke up with him in mid-2011. He even contacted her father. She went to the police reluctantly because she didn’t want to harm his career. A police officer called and told him to stop contacting her on Dec 16, 2011. He contacted her twice more, on the 22nd and the 31st using someone else’s phone to evade a block on his number. He resigned in March 2012.

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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.

218: Dan Kirby

Sexual Harassment
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Dan Kirby represented Oklahoma House District 75 since 2008 and won the next four elections. It all came to an end after the news broke that state money had been used to pay off a sexual harassment and retaliation complaint against him in November. Amid calls for him to resign, he quickly did so, but…

204: Jeremy Durham

Sexual Harassment
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Jeremy Durham was a Tennessee state representative. Several women alleged that he sexually harassed them and behaved inappropriately. He would drink in his office and have sex in his office. He texted women demanding pictures. The Attorney General investigated and found plenty of evidence that would justify expelling him but recommended leaving it up to the voters. That changed as more information came to light. He was expelled 70+2

203: Mark Lovell

Sexual Harassment
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Mark Lovell was a Republican state representative in Tennessee for about 100 days. He won the GOP primary over the incumbent who had a DUI and a firearms arrest, and then an arrest for stealing Lovell’s yard signs. Lovell bailed him out of jail which seems a clever campaign act that only cost $100. Like many legislators, he went frequently to industry receptions where free food an alcohol are served. These are legal so long as all legislators are invited. He seemed to get drunk at these events.

On Feb. 7, 2018, Lovell attended five receptions. He got visibly drunk and in front of a room full of witnesses grabbed one woman’s breasts and buttocks; prevented another woman from walking away from him; and touched a third woman inappropriately. One of the women filed a formal complaint. The house ethics committee investigated and found he definitely did what several people saw and a few photographed.

He continued to deny it but resigned, signing a resignation letter written by Republican party leadership

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

186: Don Shooter

Sexual Harassment
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Dan Shooter was a Republican state representative in Arizona when he was accused of sexually harassing women and creating a hostile work environment. The first accuser was a fellow Republican, Rep. Michelle Ugenti-Rita. After she came forward, eight additional women came forward. A firm was hired to investigate and found several of the complaints credible. He was expelled from the House by a 56-3 vote. He sued but his case was dismissed in state and federal courts.

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.