Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
Aron Peña worked as district director for Rep. Mayra Flores. He was fired when it was revealed he had a long history of sexual harassment complaints. Four women came forward with allegations of years of harassment. In addition, he is alleged to have sexually harassed an intern in 2022. There is also a lawsuit pending…
Jonathan Hernandez was the Chair of the Oklahoma College Republicans. He was also a campaign outreach worker for Ryan Walters who ran successfully for State Superintendant. They terminated his employment after two weeks. Shortly before his arrest, he received recognition from the state Republican Party for his work in Latino outreach and even a received a message from the national organization. He was employed by the Senate at the time of his arrest but was terminated.
Jennifer Carnahan was the Chair of the Minnesota Republican Party. After her husband, Rep. Jim Hagedorn died of cancer, she ran for his office but placed third in the primary with 8% of the vote. Her close association with Anton Lazzaro probably did not help.
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.
Glenn Aronow was an aide to New York Republican State Senator Maziarz who was majority leader at the time. A co-worker sued him, Sen. Marianz, and the NY Attorney General due to the sexual harassment he subjected her to on the job. She alleged that he sexually harassed her daily, touching her, making sexual comments and threats and showing her pornography on his computer. One time he locked the door when the two were alone in the office, frightening her.
Peter O’Rourke was the GOP Executive Director in Florida when he was accused of covering up sexual harassment complaints, retaliation, and political meddling at the Department of Veteran Affairs. In one example, he pulled an experienced investigator off the investigation of a Trump appointee named Peter Shelby, replacing him with a new investigator. He also socialized with Shelby and listened to Shelby’s venting. At Shelby’s request, the whistleblower was investigated.
Jonathan Parker was the Idaho Republican Party chairman. In 2019, he was arrested for hiding in the bushes, in a woman’s wig, looking in the windows at his ex-wife’s apartment building while masturbating. This is after his wife had already filed a criminal complaint about him constantly hiding in the bushes and masturbating. She had a restraining order.
Samuel Pimm is a Republican Party consultant. According to his Linked-In profile, he specializes in primaries targeting RINOs (mainstream Republicans.) On a flight to London, he was seated next to a woman whom he groped while he thought she was sleeping. She was trying to sleep using a sleep mask and felt him touching her arm and bread, then stroking her thigh. She pretended to wake up and got out of her seat. She asked the crew if she could change seats, explaining the situation. He was arrested upon arrival. He was also charged with obstruction because he washed his hands when the police arrested him, dipping his hand into his waterglass thirteen times. He was found guilty.
Benjamin Sparks was a Republican consultant for several candidates over the years, even Mitt Romney. Scott Walker, and others. He was accused of abusing and enslaving a woman and was charged with one count of misdemeanor domestic battery. He got his girlfriend to sign a contract requiring her to be his sex slave, wear a…
Gary Schaffrick was the Connecticut Republican State Central Committee Treasurer. He also was a paid employee of the party. He often bragged about how much he enjoyed bathtime with a five-year-old victim, a young boy who also slept with him on sleepovers. He was babysitting the child for a relative. He was charged with risk of injury to a child, a broad charge that encompasses offenses from supplying a child with cigarettes, alcohol, adult materials, or inappropriate sexual contact. He resigned after the press sued for release of details of his arrest warrant. He pleaded guilty and was given a ten-year suspended sentence and five years probation.