Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
Bruce Bickford was a state representative in Maine, representing Auburn. He left office in December 2022. He seemed to think rape was a joking matter, logging into a House committee meeting with a Zoom background that said “Harvey Weinstein Charm School Rehab Center.” He was investigated whether or not doing so was sexual harassment.
Brian Chisholm and his fellow Maryland state legislator Sid Saab owned a gym together. An employee who had worked for them for thirteen years reported that she was sexually harassed for two years by one of their managers. Rather than investigate her complaint, they fired her. She sued them for retaliation. They tried to get the case dismissed, claiming they fired her for timekeeping issues, but the court ruled a reasonable factfinder would see their reason for firing as a pretext, while the real reason was retaliation for suing.
Sid Saab and his fellow Maryland state legislator Brian Chisholm owned a gym together. An employee who had worked for them for thirteen years reported that she was sexually harassed for two years by one of their managers. Rather than investigate her complaint, they fired her. She sued them for retaliation.
Luke Simons is a former North Dakota state representative. He also managed to be expelled from the legislature for sexual harassment by his fellow Republicans. One Republican representative from Grand Forks actually moved her desk to get away from his harassment.
John Moorlach was a Republican Orange County (CA) Supervisor. He was a Republican State Senator. He attempted to run for supervisor again but he lost. He then. ran for Mayor of Costa Mesa. He lost.
His former staffer Patricia Todd filed a criminal complaint the Assemblyman Bill Brough sexually assaulter her. She was the sixth woman to come forward She informed her supervisor, Moorlach’s Chief of Staff Tim Clark. They agree that far. But Clark says he told her to go to the police. She says Clark told her to not tell anyone.
John Moorlach decided to insert himself to say she was not credible, a disgruntled former employee.
Rick Roeber was a Republican representative for Missouri state House District 34. when his children came forward to tell people about his physical and sexual abuse of them during their childhood. This was a not a new allegation. They swore this in an affidavit more than twenty years earlier.
Frank Sapareto was a state legislator in New Hampshire. He lost re-election in 2018 after being sued for hitting the producer of a porn video he played a role in. He was not voted out after convicted of assaulting his ex-girlfriend’s son and daughter. He claimed he was just protecting her from her angry son, but he did plead guilty to all three counts of misdemeanor assault. The others told police that Sapareto forced his way into their home and was the aggressor.
James Spillane represents Rockingham2 in the New Hampshire legislature and has since 2014. He was elected in spite of pleading guilty to trying to strangle his wife. They had been out to dinner, he had a few drinks so she was driving. They were arguing and he yanked hard on the wheel causing the car to go off the road and crash near their home. The car totaled a neighbor’s mailbox and they called 911. So did Spillane’s wife. According to the police, she said that her husband “just tried to kill her…he totaled her car with her in it and he came in the house and tried to strangle her.”
Michael Weeden is a former Dover, NH, City Councilor and a NH state representative. In 2015. he was convicted in a jury trial for felony criminal threatening and sentenced to a year in jail with 180 days suspended. He was acquitted of raping her in a separate trial. The alleged attack happened on March 5, 2012.
Michael Sylvia is one of many Republican legislators in New Hampshire who refused to censure Robert “Red Pill” Fisher. In fact, they were so hostile to criticizing Fisher, they voted not to allow the criticism by another legislator to be read in to the record. Then, in a meeting, Sylvia was told about a deputy sheriff who raped a prisoner he was transporting. Syliva referred to rapists as people who “had time on their hands.”