Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
Perry Hooper was an Alabama state representative. He was also the 2016 Donald Trump Alabama campaign co-chair. He was arrested for felony sex abuse. Charges were dropped because the victim refused to testify.
John Raymond is a member of the St. Tammany Parish Republican Committee and formerly served on the Executive Committee. He is also on the Louisiana Republican Central Committee. He ran, unsuccessfully, for Congress. He was also the first voted off the island on Survivor. He is the founding pastor of New Horizon Church which owns Bridge Radio and Lakeside Christian Academy. As a teacher and headmaster at Lakeside Christian Academy, he has more than once been charged with child abuse.
Mark Benjamin “Ben” Ignatowicz chaired the York County Republicans in South Carolina. He spanked a child to the extent there was bruising that led someone to contact the York County Sheriff’s Office. As a fellow Republican, the Sheriff was concerned about the perception of bias so he called in state law enforcement. When he was shown photos of the bruising, Ignatowicz agreed that it was excessive. He claimed he was “having a day” and was frustrated. He was charged with Unlawful Neglect of a Child or Helpless Person.
Matthew Smith was the Chair of the Genesee County Republicans. He made a threatening phone call to a Democratic county employee named Jennifer Kelly. He threatened to kill her dog. He said a friend was running against Kelly. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced under a program for youth that allows him to have nothing on his record when completed.
Fabian Shepard was the Chair of the Johnson County, Kansas, Republicans. He also ran for an at-large seat on Shawnee Mission School District school board in 2017. He came in fourth with 13.75% of the vote in a five-way contest. In 2021, a fellow Republican party officer filed a battery complaint with the Bonner Springs police claiming he forcibly kissed her outside an anti-abortion fundraising event in Bonner Springs.
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.
In 2021, he was arrested for one count each of aggravated invasion of computer privacy, stalking, and theft by unauthorized taking as well as two counts of harassment. He was using a device issued to him by the school district. This arrest led to a second as they found child sexual exploitation material with children under twelve on his phone.
Shane Anderson was the treasurer of the North Dakota District 24 Republicans. He also was the chairman of the recall effort to punish Rep. Dwight Kiefert, a fellow Republican. This is after the local Republicans already voted to censure Kiefert.
What did Kiefert do that was so terrible as to merit censure and recall? He voted with two-thirds of the other North Dakota Republicans to expel sexual harasser Luke Simons. Shane Anderson, who has a local minister’s license at the United Pentecostal Church International, is leading the effort to punish Kiefert for voting to expel an abusive, harassing, sexual predator.
Tom Mountain was the vice-chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party. He was forced to resign after TB Daily posted his comments about young girls and women on Twitter. They also posted his inappropriate sexual conversations with a catfish who pretended to be an Israeli model. The gross comments led to his resignation.
Jean Evans was the president of the Missouri Republican Party when it refused to advocate for a different candidate after Rick Roeber was revealed to be a child molester. Her statement was stunning, saying “people do strange things when they’re grieving.” In this interview she suggests people should not believe the allegations. She says he…