Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
Matthew G. Barszcz is an Idaho Q-Anon conspiracist. When he was arrested for downloading child sex abuse materials, he explained that he was intrigued and really was just downloading the material so he could turn the over to police.
Doug Wilson is the leader of a reactionary religious movement and the pastor of Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho. He preaches that men dominate and women submit. Rape and child molestation is not reported to authorities. Women who are abused by their husbands are put into “church discipline” and Wilson argues men cannot rape their wives because he can’t trespass in his own garden.
Mike Kingsley is an Idaho state representative who does not believe a little thing like rape says anything about a man’s character. Kingsley seems to think rape does not reflect on a man’s character. To be perfectly clear, he didn’t have a word of concern for von Ehlinger’s victim, a young woman who was not…
To be perfectly clear, he didn’t have a word of concern for von Ehlinger’s victim, a young woman who was not only raped by von Ehlinger, but savaged by his party when Rep. Giddings put her name out on Facebook. She and her family were threatened and Barbieri says the rapist always acted in accord with his ideals.
Anthony Iglesias was youth pastor in two Idaho churches in the Calvary Chapel network. He was convicted of sexually abusing two boys. The churches were sued by four of his victims because they should have known and protected them.
Priscilla Giddings is an extreme right state representative in Idaho. When Aaron von Ehlinger was accused of rape, several of his supporters accused the teenage intern of lying. Giddings went beyond that, sending out a constituent newsletter doxxing the teen and accusing her of lying. She sent her name, address, and a Facebook post accusing the nineteen-year-old intern of lying out to constituents.
Aaron von Ehlinger was an Idaho Republican State Representative. He was accused of rape by an intern and eventually convicted. Before this happened, another lawmaker had warned him to be careful in his behavior as a couple women had made information complaints about making them uncomfortable.
Martin (Marty) Peterson was the Idaho State Budget Director with a long history in Republican political circles, working for Senator Frank Church, Governors Andrus and Evans. That may be why he got 90 days in jail and a ten-year suspended sentence despite pleading guilty to two counts of possessing child sexual abuse material. He admitted to looking at images of children ages 10 to 12 being sexually abused and tortured for years.
Steven Pankey ran for governor as nominee of the Constitution Party in 2014. The Southern Poverty Law Center calls the Constitution Party the most extreme right party in the U.S. In 2018, he ran in the 2018 Republican fubernatorial primary. He lost. Two years later, in 2020, he was charged with the kidnapping and murder of a twelve-year-old girl. In November, 2022, he was convicted.
James Holtzclaw is an Idaho Republican representative. In 2017, a complaint was filed revealing that at least two women objected to what he said to them. One claimed he made her feel uncomfortable and asked if she used SnapChat. The other said she told him to stop making flirty comments to her.