Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
Michael Whatley was the chair of the Republican National Committee. Currently, he is running for U. S. Senate with Trump’s endorsement. He is pushing a tough-on-crime agenda, while he has been instrumental in helping a former felon and child rapist secure leadership positions in the North Carolina GOP.
Harvey Lee West was the Chair of the North Carolina 1st Congressional District Republicans. He was the moderator of the debate for the Dare County Republican candidates for school board in January 2026. This caused concern as he pleaded guilty to raping children back in 2000.
David Nephi Johnson is the Chairman of the Wasatch County Republican Party in Idaho. He has been arrested for felony child abuse for waterboarding his daughter.
William (Bill) Carns was the former Chair of the Nye County Republican Party. He was arrested on January 31, 2026. He was charged with He faces creating or distributing child sexual abuse material and using the internet to control explicit images of someone under the age of 16. In addition, he had three gun charges, including possessing a sawed-off shotgun, possession of a dangerous weapon, and having a firearm without a serial number.
JaQuon Stembridge was recently elected Assistant Secretary of the Georgia Republican Party. He was the youngest person ever elected to a Georgia GOP leadership post. He ran on expanding outreach to young voters.
He resigned after a video began circulating that showed him trying to solicit sex and meet up with a fourteen-year-old boy.
Ron Weinberg is a state representative in Colorado. He was appointed to his seat when Rep. Hugh McKean died. He is also the former chair of the Larimer County GOP. He was seeking the minority whip position in the Republican House caucus, but stepped back after complaints about his past behavior toward women when he was Larimer County Chair.
Jovanté Teague is the Vice-Chair of the Florida Republican Party. He was also the vice-mayor of Cross City, Florida. Before that, he was a prison guard when he was convicted convicted in a state felony investigation that disclosed he had a sexual relationship with a female inmate. Since he was in a position of power over her making it difficult for her to refuse, any sort of sexual relationship was an abuse of power.
Gerald “Jerry” Cummings was elected Chair of the Oregon Republican Party in March 2025. A pastor at Haven Church in St. Helens, Oregon, he has long been active in the Oregon Republican Party before his election as Chair. However, he resigned soon after his election when it was revealed he groomed a teenager until she was old enough to get married and kept her under his control by threatening to rape teenagers and through domestic violence and marital rape.
Doug Brown is the chair of the Buncombe County, North Carolina, Republican Party. He remains the chair despite being found guilty of assaulting a woman at a local town hall meeting of Republicans. The woman he shoved is a registered Republican, a member of the local school board.
Brett Callaway, Chair of the Henderson County, NC, Republican Party, has been charged with assaulting a woman. He is likely to receive no punishment.
The incident happened at a Republican district convention where there was considerable debate about party elections and precinct representation.