Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
Steve Bannon was the co-founder of Breitbart News, the media engine that drove the alt-right into power in the Republican party. They’ve been fact-checked eight times by PolitiFact and only one story was mostly true. He was the CEO of Trump’s presidential campaign. He was later appointed as chief strategist and senior counselor in the…
Mickey Conroy was a Republican Assemblyman from Orange County, California. He was best known for introducing a bill to paddle graffiti artists. His other claim to fame was the $386,240 award the state paid to Robin Boyd, an aide who sued him for sexual harassment. She claimed she was subjected to crude remarks and unwanted hugs and kisses.
Dante Acosta was Mayor Pro Temp of Santa Clarita and ran for the California Assembly in 2016. He lost to Democrat Christy Smith in 2018. He also ran for Congress in 2012, but failed. He’s currently serving on the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency board, an appointed position. In 2016, Jennifer Van Laar accused him…
Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Republican governor of California, was accused of groping six women while he was an actor. In 2002, three women told the L.A. Times that he grabbed their breast, another said he reached under her skirt and grabbed her buttocks. Another said he groped her and tried to remove her swimsuit. Another said he pulled her onto his lap and asked if she had ever experienced a particular sex act. Friends and relatives of most of the accusers have confirmed that they were told about it when they happened. The women wanted to stay anonymous for fear of reprisals and loss of reputation. At least three more women came forward after the original six.
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.
Scott Baio is a former actor. Chachi of Happy Days. His most recent iteration is as a Republican activist and Trump supporter. He is also alleged to have sexual assaulted a minor. Actress Nicole Eggert claims that Scott Baio began to sexually harass and assault her on the set of their show Charles In Charge…
Devon Mathis is a Republican Assemblyman in California, representing a California Central Valley district. He has faced scrutiny a few times. He was accused of assaulting a woman but the Sacramento police were unable to substantiate the charges. The blogger who first broke the story claimed the police did not contact him and that the woman was not interviewed by the police.
At the same time, he was accused of creating a hostile workplace for women, including sexual harassment and what the investigators called “locker room talk.” He was censured by the California Assembly for that and required to take remedial training. After the allegations made by a resigning staff member went public, a former chief of staff who quit two years earlier sent a letter to the Assembly Rules committee with similar allegations and confirming the hostile work environment.
Elliott Broidy was the Republican National Committee’s Finance Chair until he resigned after a woman sued him and alleged he physically abused her. She also alleged the anti-choice Broidy pressured her to have an abortion. When this became public, he suspended payments to her because they had a nondisclosure agreement, but she disputes that she disclosed the situation. She took him to court and the judge dismissed the abuse allegations because they do not apply to the question of breach of contract.
Rupert Tarsey was elected Secretary of the Broward County Executive Committee. He had worked hard on Trump’s election, registering Republican voters in a liberal county. But he was not who he seemed to be.
He was born Rupert Ditsworth. His family was wealthy and he attended an exclusive prep school near his home in Beverly Hills. One day he invited another student, Elizabeth Barcay, to eat lunch in his Jaguar. He confessed he was feeling suicidal and when she suggested seeking counseling he beat her with a hammer until it broke and then he tried to strangle her. There were forty wounds from the beating. Incredibly, she bit him, broke free, ran away, before collapsing in someone’s yard. She survived. He was charged with attempted murder and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon
James Woods is a successful Hollywood actor (3 Emmys, 1 Golden Globe) who is a vocal supporter of Donald Trump and Republicans in general. He was a major source of election disinformation after the 2020 election contributing to the spreading of election lies that resulted in the Insurrection. He was also identified by actress Amber Tamblyn as a sexual predator, describing an incident when he tried to pick her and a friend up when she was underage. He disputes the claim and says she is lying. The incident was confirmed by the friend.