Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
Benjamin Rajadurai is the former Executive Director of the College Republicans National Committee and now works for Americans for Tax Reform. During his tenure at CNRC, there was a contentious election for Chair. Two women allege that Rajadurai encouraged them to make sexual “Me Too” allegations against one of the candidates to help the other.
Gisela Castro Medina was the Chair of the College Republicans at St. Thomas University in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 2021, she was arrested for underage sex trafficking. She was accused of helping Anton Lazzaro recruit and traffick minors for sex.
Chris Simcox worked for Doug Ducey. He ran against John McCain in the Arizona Republican primary. He argued McCain was not conservative enough. Simcox founded the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps to patrol the southern border. Initially, they claimed to only work to give Border Patrol evidence and tips for them to follow up. However, they radicalized, promised to go to the border “locked and loaded,” and like many grifting organizations raised money for a border wall they never built.
He raped two girls including his daughter
Jorge Riley is an insurrectionist. He was a GOP activist before joining the coup, very active in support of the homophobic Ballot Measure 8. His activism began in college where he was active in student government. He lost an election for president of the student senate by one vote and claimed the election was stolen. So he came by his antipathy to democracy early.
Hageman was arrested for possessing child sexual abuse material. He was part of a ring of men including Ruben Verastigui, another Trump Republican. In the affidavit, the Homeland Security agent reported Hageman’s preferences in detail. Among the things Hageman said in the group, he complained that the pandemic shutdown kept him from exposing himself to young children in public restrooms.
Rodney Wren was a speechwriter for Mike Pompeo. He also was a Republican candidate for the Kansas House and for Wichita City Council. He was accused of having unlawful sexual relations over two years with a teenage student while he was a teacher at Wichita Collegiate School, a private school for students from preschool through twelfth grade.
Dave Robinson was Salt Lake County Republican Committee’s unofficial communications manager. He was also abusive and bullying, particularly toward women. Women raised their concerns with the GOP County Chairman Scott Miller who did nothing to stop the harassment. Instead he sent an email on the county GOP’s email defaming the women.
Ricky Schroder is an actor who had been a vocal advocate for President Trump. He is also the person who paid Kyle Rittenhouse’s bail. Although the victim has declined to testify or file charges, he has been twice arrested for domestic violence.
Daryl Brooks has run for Congress and the Senate in New Jersey. He was one of those perennial unserious candidates who would file $75 to see their name on the ballot. In 2020, he performed at Rudy Giuliani’s infamous press conference claiming to have witnessed voter fraud in the electorally critical state of Pennsylvania. At the press conference, he identified himself as a Philadelphia resident, not a New Jersey resident and swore he personally witnessed shenanigans. He is also a sex offender.
Jack Tomczak has a 24-year history in Republican organizing and communications. With a stint as a conservative radio host and podcaster, he was for a time the communications director for the Minnesota Republican Party. That was when his ex-wife requested a restraining order two years after their divorce, alleging he was harassing and stalking her. TRO were granted in August and December of 2020. He now works for American Citizen Voting in Missouri. This is not a voting rights organization. They are trying to pass laws prohibiting communities from allowing non-citizens to vote in local elections.