Why do Republicans love criminals, sex predators and abusive men for office?

I ask, because, well, let's take a look at the following facts:

U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry Charged with Scheme to Deceive Federal Investigators Probing Illegal Campaign Contributions in 2016

https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/p...deceive-federal-investigators-probing-illegal

Despite that indictment, Fortenberry told his people he was going to continue with his reelection campaign for Congress. But, that didn't bother Trump who has given him his support. Tsk tsk, too bad Trump wasn't president so he couldn't be pardoned.

But, he stood trial and a jury convicted him on 3 felony counts, deliberating for only 2 hours.

So, he's not allowed to keep his seat, and tomorrow in Nebraska they will be voting for a new nominee for Republican.

But, add insult to injury, at a rally Trump endorses Nebraska Gubernatorial candidate accused of groping a GOP state senator, and other women.

And, it doesn't stop here.

The disgraced former governor of Missouri, Eric Greitens who was forced to resign because of sexual assault (forced a woman into non consensual sex, got a photo of it and blackmailed her) and campaign finance impropriety.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/23/eric-greitens-senate-governor-affair/

Looks like he feels that he's 'over it' and has decided to jump into the US Senate race, but oops, his ex-wife has filed an affidavit accusing him of physical abuse of her and his children.

https://missouriindependent.com/202...ical-abuse-in-affidavit-filed-by-his-ex-wife/

But, that don't bother republicans, he's leading in the polls in the GOP race:

https://thehill.com/news/campaign/3...nal-poll-shows-him-leading-missouri-gop-race/

Are we done yet? Nope. How about Georgia?

In Georgia, Football star Hershel Walker, now a candidate for GA Senate Race, was accused by his wife of holding a pistol to her head and 'blowing her head off'. Walker has a history of 'multiple personality disorder' and violence. Apparently he is leading in the race.

https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireS...cate-herschel-walkers-recovery-story-82805107

No prob for Trump, though. Birds of a feather, I guess.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/02/poli...-walker-endorsement-georgia-senate/index.html

Over the years, two other women -- Walker's ex-wife and an ex-girlfriend -- have also accused him of making threats, telling authorities Walker claimed he would shoot them in the head.

https://apnews.com/article/lifestyl...rus-pandemic-5e2875eec11e93f9a3bf1fc859137ff8

Walker's ex-wife, secured a protective order against him, alleging violent and controlling behavior, threating to 'kill her'.

Walker has been diagnosed with 'multiple personality disorder'.

Oh, great, the guy's bananas. But, hey, Trump and republicans love the guy, cause, you know, he's a football star, not to mention a judge has barred Walker from owning and possessing a gun. What could possibly go wrong?

Apparently, he can add 'liar' to his list of attributes:

More recently, Walker has made outsize claims about his business record. In repeated media interviews, Walker claimed his company employed hundreds of people, included a chicken processing division in Arkansas and grossed $70 million to $80 million annually in sales.

However, when the company applied for a federal Paycheck Protection Program loan last year, it reported just eight employees. (It received about $182,000 in COVID-19 aid.)

But, to give Walker the benefit of the doubt, looks like he was honest to the gov, and hyped the public, better that than to lie to taxpayers.

Not finished yet, folks. Now the great state of Pennsylvania:

In the PA Governor race, Mastriano, who has a double-digit lead in the polls, was one of the 1/6 capitol stormers. Not a problem for republicans in PA, apparently.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/05/jan-6-protesters-run-for-office-526545

..at least 57 individuals who played a role in that day’s events — either by attending the Save America rally that preceded the riots, gathering at the Capitol steps or breaching the Capitol itself — are now running for elected office.

At least three candidates this year face charges related to the Jan. 6 riots.

And the candidate for PA Lt. Governor has been hit with a protective order from his wife over claims of physical and mental abuse, not to mention 'threatening to kill the family dog":

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article260853597.html

Moving on, let's head on over to Ohio

J.R. Majewski, an Ohio GOP congressional candidate, was a January 6 participant and has repeatedly shared pro-QAnon material

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/08/politics/kfile-jr-majewski-jan-6-qanon-material/index.html

In a NE Ohio Congressional race, Candidate Max Miller has been accused by his wife of abuse. Who was his wife? Donald Trump's press secretary, Stephanie Grisham!

https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/p...tions/95-72f3450e-d3c3-4bab-ac70-ddf49d108ff9

In a very Trumpian move, Miller filed a defamation lawsuit against Grisham. Way to go, Miller, you're getting the Trump thing down! Sue your victims for peace, eh?

Doesn't matter to repubs, though. Trump endorsed him, and he's leading.

And... this just in from Indiana:

Man accused of killing his cancer-stricken wife wins GOP primary from jail
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/06/indiana-gop-murder-andrew-wilhoite/

He won while in jail?

Anyone see a pattern here?

 

I'm not reading all your b******* I'm just going to point out one simple fact
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You keep ignoring your party doing the same thing. So therefore no one takes you seriously

No one really gives a damn to listen to a hypocrite especially a partisan one

 

Why not since HE'S NOT WRONG.

 

Well, I provided facts, quite a number of them in the CURRENT time frame.

See, the CURRENT time frame IS the point. It's the quantity in the NOW, that is the point.

Sure, we can go way back in history and find similar stuff.

But, in the short time frame of NOW?

Now, if you can't rebut in kind to back up your allegation, then it is you, not I, who are partisan.

But, let's debate the fallacious reasoning in your sig:

I refuse to be lectured to about " my body, my choice" by the same Dems who pushed vaccine mandates for 2 years

With abortion, repubs are trying to make it illegal for a woman to get one and for anyone to help that person get one and if they break that law, they will be charged with homicide ( some states are doing this).

But, with vaccines, no dem is trying to make it illegal to refuse them. Moreover, repubs have accepted school vaccine mandates before covid for DECADES.

so, your premise is BOGUS.

 

For the same reason democrats love criminals, sex predators and abusive men for office.

 

You guys literally voted in Joe Biden.... You've lost your case forever after both a Clinton and now a Biden.... Oh, and did you forget the Kennedys?? How far back do you think you want to go here?

 

Did Dems elect someone currently in jail?

 

His facts are probably OK. His unwillingness to see even more of this in his own party is not effective. Love of criminals? How about the woke DA's in the large democrat cities.? Sex predators? I don't know a single soul that supports them. Talk about rare. Abusive people in power? This could well apply to every elected official in the nation. Power corrupts, after all. Selective outrage. Not worth reading.

 

Given that the democrats elected a convicted child sexual predator to the Virginia legislature… y’all don’t have much room to talk.

 

I remember how most Republicans in this forum fell in line, on this forum, to defend Roy Moore when he ran for Senate. They actually defended somebody who was a child sexual predator. They can't get any lower than that. So voting for criminals and predators has become common among most extreme right Republicans.

 

I don't remember anyone defending Roy Moore. Certainly, I did not.

Roy Moore was not convicted of anything. As President Biden has not been convicted of anything.

 

The Democrat presidents daughter writes an entry into her diary that she took showers with her father... all documented and covered... hhhmmmmm.. and then the US government goes into coverup mode.. Notice Project Veritas did not publish the diary but was the scapegoat. A "conservative news site" who obtained the diary from a “whistle-blower” who worked for a media organization published it... so the left loves whistleblowers and the fact leaked material was being published should gets a free pass and not questioned. PV claim in court they received a diary from two individuals represented that they had material (including a diary) that Ashley Biden had abandoned at a house where she had been staying in Delray Beach, Florida.. Man, those Biden's sure have a problem with keeping up with their stuff... an abandoned laptop and an abandoned diary.

https://nationalfile.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ashley-Biden-Pg-25-1024x805.jpg
https://people.com/politics/was-ash...n-how-president-daughter-caught-legal-battle/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/16/us/politics/ashley-biden-project-veritas-diary.html

 

I see a pattern. The letter by their name is more important than the character behind the name. This thread reminds me of that video of the cat hissing at its own reflection.

 

You did. And you're doing it again right now.

 

Kamala Harris and Willie Brown.... why do those two names stick in my mind...

 

Vacuous allegations are not a merit worthy rebuttal.

Please substantiate, as I have done, your claim.

Also note that ALL of my examples are CURRENT EVENTS.

Historical examples are irrelevant to the premise of the OP.

 

Vacuous allegations are not a merit worthy rebuttal.

Please substantiate, as I have done, your claim.

Also note that ALL of my examples are CURRENT EVENTS.

Historical examples are irrelevant to the premise of the OP.

 

Vacuous allegations are not a merit worthy rebuttal.

Please substantiate, as I have done, your claim.

Also note that ALL of my examples are CURRENT EVENTS.

Historical examples are irrelevant to the premise of the OP.

 

Show us all where I defended him.

Since when is stating a fact defending him? If that was true, I would also be defending Biden, which you left off in your quote by me.

 

Eric Swalwell and Fang Fang... darn there goes my little brain thinking again...

 

All allegations are historical.

 

Al Franken and Leeann Tweeden...

 

need i say more

 

Ha! Did you know that Monica is a Republican now? (She says the Democrats left a bad taste in her mouth!)

 

Well, your claim is misleading, here are the facts:

My research indicates, that although Joe Morrissey was disbarred, and that he was elected to the Virginia State Senate in November 2019 despite having been accused of the misdemeanor statutory offence of having sex with his receptionist at the age of 17, who is now his wife. That being said, neither Morrissey nor his wife, Myrna Morrissey, have confirmed allegations that they began their relationship when she was 17 and still underage. Both claim they did not have sex until she was 18. Morrissey was jailed and lost his license to practice law after being convicted of having sex with his 17-year-old secretary. He pled guilty to a misdemeanor in the ensuing court case and served for only three months in a “work-release term.” He was also forced to resign from his seat in the Virginia House of Delegates, but then ran again in the special election to retake the seat and was re-elected.

That is hardly a caliber of allegation to impugn a man's character because of a STATUTORY offense. If we were to indict every man and women for misdemeanors, we would have very few leaders, noting that that doesn't come close to the quantity of restraining orders of sexual abuse, criminals, etc., that Republicans are electing, and approving of in the polls.


We have plenty of room to talk, because of the premise of the OP, has to do with QUANTITY and CALIBER of CURRENT EVENTS.

One misdemeanor example doesn't counter the premise in the OP, which is 'overwhelming numbers in CURRENT EVENTS of criminals, sex predators, and abusive men'.

Quantity and severity, is the issue, not rogue individuals who committed one statutory misdemeanor office.

Sorry, plenty of room to 'talk'.