Indicting the Party of Predators: The Republican Sex Offender Registry
The People v. The Republican Party: Two Decades of Sex Crimes, Cover-Ups, and the Cult of Moral Projection
Ladies and gentlemen, the case before you is simple: the Republican Party is not what it claims to be.
It parades as the guardian of children, the defender of faith, the keeper of moral order. It quotes scripture, thumps Bibles, wraps itself in the flag, and demands your trust.
But the evidence will show that behind this holy façade lies a breeding ground for predators. Not one or two. Not a few “bad apples.” Dozens—senators, judges, sheriffs, pastors, strategists—men who used the power you gave them to rape, groom, traffic, and terrorize.
And when the crimes came to light? The party did not cleanse itself. It closed ranks. It protected the abusers, silenced the victims, and kept the machine grinding forward.
This is not coincidence. This is not accident. It is a pattern—a culture that markets purity while shielding monsters.
Today, we enter into the record the truth they hope you’ll never hear: the registry of the real GOP. Groomers. Offenders. Predators.
FEDERAL REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, let us begin at the top — the highest ranks of the Republican Party’s lawmaking class. These are not fringe figures. These are the people entrusted to write the laws of this country. And what you will see is a consistent pattern: the men who preach “moral values” in public, commit crimes in private that shred those same values to pieces.
Exhibit A: Dennis Hastert – The Pedophile Who Ran the House
Dennis Hastert was the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the House. Before that, he was a high school wrestling coach who sexually abused multiple boys. When the truth began to surface decades later, Hastert quietly paid $1.7 million in hush money. The statute of limitations on the abuse had expired, so the FBI nailed him for illegally structuring those payoffs. In court, he admitted the abuse. The judge called him “a serial child molester.” The GOP has never reckoned with the fact that their most powerful legislator was a monster in a suit.
Exhibit B: Matt Gaetz – The Smirking Face of Untouchable Power
Florida’s Matt Gaetz built his brand as a brash, camera-addicted MAGA star. Behind the grin, federal investigators examined evidence that he paid a 17-year-old for sex and took her across state lines, making it a federal crime. His close friend and wingman, Republican tax collector Joel Greenberg, pleaded guilty to sex trafficking that same girl, creating fake IDs for underage girls, and introducing them to adult men. Greenberg is serving 11 years in prison. Gaetz? Nothing.
Exhibit C: Scott DesJarlais – The “Pro-Life” Doctor Who Arranged Abortions
Tennessee’s Scott DesJarlais pounds the lectern against abortion. In private, court records show he impregnated his mistress and pressured her to get one. He also urged another patient to terminate and slept with multiple women under his medical care. The state fined him for misconduct. Voters sent him back to Congress anyway. In today’s GOP, forcing women to give birth is the law — unless you’re the one knocking them up.
Exhibit D: John Jessup – The Daughter, the Hotel Room, and GOP Silence
Indiana Representative John Jessup took his 21-year-old daughter to Las Vegas in 2023. Court records say he got her drunk, waited until she was incapacitated, and raped her in their hotel room. She woke to find him on top of her, fled, and had the courage to report it. Jessup pleaded guilty to sexual assault and now faces up to 20 years. The party’s response? Not outrage. Not expulsion. Silence.
Exhibit E: Larry Craig – The Bathroom-Stall Hypocrite
Idaho Senator Larry Craig spent his career voting to deny LGBTQ Americans basic rights while secretly soliciting sex from men in public restrooms. In 2007, he was arrested in a Minneapolis airport sting and pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. Later audits showed he used campaign funds for his legal bills. His shame wasn’t being gay — it was spending his career destroying the lives of people like himself.
Exhibit F: Mark Foley – The Predator Who Ran the Child Protection Caucus
As co-chair of Congress’s Missing and Exploited Children’s Caucus, Mark Foley pounded the podium about stopping online predators. Off-camera, he was sending explicit messages to teenage congressional pages — some as young as 16. GOP leaders had been warned but looked the other way.
Exhibit G: Roy Moore – The Judge Who Trolled Malls for Girls
Twice removed from Alabama’s Supreme Court for defying the Constitution, Roy Moore still became the GOP’s 2017 Senate nominee. Nine women say he pursued, assaulted, or raped them as teens — one just 13. Local police even warned girls to steer clear. Moore denied it, quoted the Bible, and nearly won.
Exhibit H: David Vitter – The Family Values Senator With a Prostitute Problem
Louisiana Senator David Vitter pushed abstinence-only education and railed against same-sex marriage. Then his phone number turned up in the “D.C. Madam” call logs. He admitted hiring prostitutes while in office and still ran for governor with GOP endorsements.
Exhibit I: The Rest of the Rolodex
Cory Mills, MAGA congressman who brands himself as a protector of women and children, accused of threatening an ex with revenge porn. Jim Jordan, Ohio’s “family values” warrior, looked the other way while wrestlers at Ohio State were sexually abused. Herman Cain, presidential hopeful, buried sexual harassment allegations with cash and smears. Donald Trump — sexual predator, con man, serial criminal — has been impeached twice, indicted four times, and found liable for sexual abuse in a court of law. And still, he sits in the Oval Office.
STATE AND LOCAL REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS
Ladies and gentlemen, we now turn to the statehouses, county seats, and local offices — the so-called “citizen legislators” the GOP parades as the moral backbone of their movement. But the record tells a darker story. These are not isolated embarrassments. These are predators and abusers wearing the party’s badge, shielded until the moment a perp walk becomes unavoidable.
Exhibit A: RJ May III – The “Pro-Family” Pornographer
South Carolina State Representative RJ May III built his brand thundering about “family values” and posturing as a Freedom Caucus warrior. Behind the curtain, prosecutors say, he was distributing over 220 files of child sexual abuse material — some showing infants and toddlers being raped — under the grotesque online alias “joebidennnn69.” Federal agents described the material as “the worst they’d seen.” The evidence was traced straight to his home Wi-Fi and his cell phone. Indicted on 10 federal counts, denied bond, facing up to 20 years on each charge — and he resigned without mentioning the crimes. That’s the Republican definition of moral leadership: lecture the public about how to raise their children while secretly trading images of children being brutalized.
Exhibit B: Ray Holmberg – Child Sex Tourism on the Public’s Dime
For over four decades, Ray Holmberg was celebrated in North Dakota politics as a Republican elder statesman. In reality, he was a predator hiding in plain sight. He exchanged dozens of texts with a jailed child pornographer. He took more than a dozen trips to Prague, where he paid underage boys for sex. He downloaded child sexual abuse material while in office. In 2024, he pleaded guilty. In 2025, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. And his party’s response? Silence — the same silence that let him operate for decades.
Exhibit C: Ralph Shortey – The Motel Room That Ended a Career
Oklahoma State Senator Ralph Shortey pushed anti-LGBTQ laws and branded himself a champion of “traditional marriage.” In 2017, police found him in a motel room with a 17-year-old boy he’d solicited online for sex. He pleaded guilty to child sex trafficking and got 15 years in federal prison. The hypocrisy is thick: legislate to criminalize love between consenting adults, then exploit a child for sex.
Exhibit D: Aaron von Ehlinger – Predator in the Legislature
Idaho Representative Aaron von Ehlinger invited a 19-year-old legislative intern to dinner, brought her back to his apartment, and raped her. When she reported it, he tried to smear her during an ethics probe. She testified. He fled the hearing room. In 2022, he was convicted and sentenced to 20 years. She had to flee the state under death threats from his supporters. The Idaho GOP has never apologized for electing him.
Exhibit E: Mike Folmer – Child Porn on a “Family Values” Phone
Pennsylvania State Senator Mike Folmer voted to increase penalties for child sex abuse. On his phone? Videos of children being raped. The arrest came after a cyber tip. He pleaded guilty and will serve prison time, probation, and register as a sex offender. His laws were a smokescreen for his crimes.
Exhibit F: Ted Klaudt – Foster Father. Rapist. Lawmaker.
South Dakota Representative Ted Klaudt — anti-abortion, anti-LGBTQ — took in two teenage foster daughters placed in his care by the state. He raped them repeatedly, under the guise of “fertility tests.” Convicted on multiple counts, he’s serving 44 years. This is what happens when the GOP’s “family values” crowd gets literal state power over children.
Exhibit G: Justin Eichorn – The Silence Is the Tell
Minnesota State Senator Justin Eichorn is under FBI investigation for soliciting a minor in a sting operation. No charges yet — and no suspension, censure, or condemnation either. This is the Republican playbook: say nothing, do nothing, hope it blows over.
Exhibit H: The Rest of the Rolodex
Brandon Hixon, the “pro-family” Idaho lawmaker, resigned amid allegations he sexually abused underage girls—then killed himself before trial. Neil Friske, a self-styled defender of “law and order” in Michigan, was arrested in 2024 for sexual assault and assault with a weapon. Eric Greitens, the family-values Missouri governor, tied up his mistress, took nude photos without consent, and threatened blackmail. And still, the party never blinked.
REPUBLICAN FEDERAL JUDGES
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, when a man wears the robe of a federal judge, he’s not just interpreting the law — he is the law to those who stand before him. The GOP has spent decades filling these benches with men they call “moral stewards” and “strict constructionists.” But strip away the black robes, and you find the same pattern we’ve seen in their lawmakers: predators, harassers, traffickers — men who used the gavel as a shield for their crimes.
Exhibit A: Paul Pressler – The Southern Baptist Kingmaker Who Preyed on Boys
Former Texas appellate judge Paul Pressler was more than a jurist — he engineered the Southern Baptist Convention’s hard-right purge and built the GOP’s evangelical legal machine. He picked judges. He advised presidents. And for decades, multiple men have accused him of sexual assault, including one who says Pressler began raping him at 13. The pattern was chilling: meet boys through church or mentorship, offer housing or guidance, then assault them for years. Even after court filings documented a hush-money settlement, Pressler remained a revered GOP kingmaker. The man shaping “family values” law was, by multiple accounts, destroying families in private.
Exhibit B: Alex Kozinski – The Conservative Godfather Who Ran a Chambers of Misogyny
Appointed by Ronald Reagan to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Alex Kozinski was a judicial superstar — mentor to future Supreme Court justices and fixture of the conservative legal world. Behind chambers doors, over a dozen women say he showed them pornography, made lewd comments, and conditioned their careers on enduring his harassment. Kozinski denied “some” of it, retired abruptly, and faced no formal discipline. The GOP legal machine preserved his legacy; his victims were left with career scars and silence.
Exhibit C: Tim Nolan – The Judge, the Evangelist, the Human Trafficker
Tim Nolan wasn’t just a Kentucky judge — he chaired Trump’s 2016 campaign in the state. All while trafficking at least 19 women and girls, some as young as 16. He targeted the addicted, the homeless, and those facing charges, coercing them into sex with threats of arrest or eviction. In 2018, Nolan pleaded guilty to 21 felonies, including rape and human trafficking, and got 20 years in prison. The GOP that hailed him as a law-and-order crusader dropped him only when the headlines made it impossible not to.
Exhibit D: Mark Fuller – The Wife-Beating Federal Judge
Appointed by George W. Bush to the U.S. District Court in Alabama, Mark Fuller presided over politically charged cases, including the prosecution of Democratic Governor Don Siegelman. In 2014, he was arrested for brutally beating his wife in an Atlanta hotel. Witnesses said it wasn’t the first time. Fuller cut a deal to avoid trial.
Exhibit E: Brett Kavanaugh – The Supreme Court Justice Rubber-Stamped Through a Sham Investigation
Brett Kavanaugh ascended to the highest court in the land despite credible allegations of attempted rape from Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. The FBI “investigation” ordered by the Senate was deliberately restricted, blocking witnesses and burying leads. The result: a lifetime appointment for a man accused of sexual violence, confirmed by a party that wanted his vote more than it wanted the truth.
Exhibit G: Samuel Kent – The Felon Who Kept His Pension
Samuel Kent, a George H.W. Bush appointee to the federal bench in Texas, was convicted of sexually assaulting two court employees. He went to prison. He still kept his federal pension.
Exhibit H: Joseph Boeckmann – The “Community Service” Predator
Arkansas judge Joseph Boeckmann coerced young male defendants into posing for nude photos and performing sexual acts under the guise of “community service” in exchange for lenient sentences.
Exhibit I: The Rest of the Rolodex
Joshua Kindred — Trump-appointed Alaska judge, resigned in 2024 after a judicial inquiry found his sexual relationship with young law clerks “reprehensible” and an abuse of power. Jack Camp Jr. — Reagan-appointed Georgia judge, pleaded guilty to drug charges after providing cocaine to exotic dancers for sexual favors. William Kendall — Utah federal judge, resigned in 2025 after being charged with forcibly sexually abusing minors and supplying them with drugs. Carlos Murguia — Kansas judge formally reprimanded for sexual abuse of a defendant, still hailed by Republicans as a “stalwart of the bench.” Clarence Thomas — GOP-protected Supreme Court justice, credibly accused by Anita Hill of sexual harassment, confirmed anyway, and shielded for life despite new corroborating evidence.
REPUBLICAN SHERIFFS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, these men weren’t just wearing badges — they were wrapped in the Republican Party’s political halo. They were held up as the “thin blue line” between order and chaos, paraded at rallies, praised from pulpits, and defended on Fox News. But behind the slogans, they turned their badges into hunting licenses for abuse, running departments like personal crime syndicates. And the party that screams “back the blue” didn’t just look away — it stood in the front row and clapped.
Exhibit A: Lee Baca – The Sheriff Who Turned a Jail Into a Rape Camp
From 1998 to 2014, Lee Baca served as Los Angeles County’s Republican-aligned sheriff, billing himself as a reformer. In reality, his jails became medieval torture chambers. Deputies beat inmates, sexually assaulted them — including minors — and operated with complete impunity. When the FBI started digging into civil rights violations, Baca didn’t just obstruct — he ordered deputies to threaten agents, hide informants, and falsify reports. In 2017, he was convicted of obstruction of justice and lying to federal investigators, serving prison time in 2020. And yet, to GOP law-and-order diehards, Baca wasn’t a disgraced criminal — he was a martyr who “stood up to the feds.”
Exhibit B: Joe Arpaio – America’s Most Sadistic Sheriff, Pardoned by Trump
Maricopa County’s Joe Arpaio built his national fame on cruelty. He forced inmates into 120-degree outdoor “tent cities,” shackled women during childbirth, and denied medical care — even as sexual abuse behind bars went unchecked. A federal court ordered him to stop racially profiling Latinos; Arpaio doubled down. Convicted of criminal contempt, he was rescued in 2017 by a presidential pardon from Donald Trump. This wasn’t law enforcement — it was a taxpayer-funded gulag for political theater, celebrated at CPAC and cheered by the GOP base while bodies baked behind razor wire.
Exhibit C: Michael Carona – The Sheriff Who Ran a Sex-for-Favors Racket
Dubbed “America’s Sheriff” by fawning media, Orange County’s Michael Carona was the Republican Party’s golden boy, courted for higher office. But behind closed doors, he sold promotions, traded influence for sex, and pressured women under his command into sexual relationships. In 2009, a federal corruption probe nailed him for witness tampering, landing him a 66-month prison sentence. GOP power brokers had no trouble ignoring the sleaze — until it made headlines too big to spin.
Exhibit D: Curtis Cochran – The Sheriff Accused of Rape in His Patrol Vehicle
North Carolina’s “law and order” Sheriff Curtis Cochran was charged with srape and sexual assault after trapping women inside his law enforcement vehicle. His badge was supposed to protect the public; instead, it became the very weapon used to corner his victims.
Exhibit E: The Rest of the Rolodex
Kristopher Coody — Georgia sheriff who sexually assaulted a woman in public at a 2022 law-enforcement conference, escaping with nothing more than a slap on the wrist. Shawn “Micky” Stines — sheriff whose office harbored predator deputies, then allegedly murdered a judge just days after abuse reports surfaced. Travis Hakes — now under investigation for harassing female staff and illegally selling weapons out of his own department, yet still carrying the badge.
REPUBLICAN CLERGY AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS
Ladies and gentlemen, the defense will tell you these men are shepherds of the flock—keepers of virtue, guardians of children, voices of moral authority. In reality, they were wolves in vestments, using pulpits and Bibles as camouflage for predation. They wrapped themselves in scripture, preached purity, and advised GOP leaders on “family values” while committing crimes that shred the very families they claimed to protect.
This is not a handful of rotten apples—it is a system. A political-religious machine that elevates these men, shields them when whispers start, and quietly replaces them when headlines hit. The crimes are stomach-churning. The hypocrisy is total. And the rot is built into the architecture of Republican power.
Exhibit A: Ted Haggard – The Anti-Gay Crusader Caught in His Own Web
Ted Haggard was the evangelical golden boy: founder of a 14,000-member megachurch, president of the National Association of Evangelicals, and a GOP kingmaker with a direct line to the Bush White House. His sermons blasted homosexuality as a sin, his lobbying pushed constitutional bans on same-sex marriage, and his political marching orders mobilized millions for Republican candidates.
Behind closed doors, he was buying meth and hiring male escorts. And when that scandal broke? New accusations emerged — young male church volunteers groomed, exploited, and paid for silence. One victim said Haggard targeted him in a moment of crisis, disguising coercion as “pastoral counseling.” The GOP’s response? Pretend it never happened.
Exhibit B: Kenneth Adkins – The Pastor Who Preached Hate While Molesting Children
Kenneth Adkins was a GOP insider in Florida and Georgia politics, advising candidates on how to “win the culture war” and tweeting, just after the Pulse nightclub massacre, that gay people “got what they deserved.” At the same time, prosecutors say, he was molesting a 15-year-old boy and 14-year-old girl from his church — watching them have sex, then joining in. It happened in his office, his car, even public spaces. In 2017, he was convicted on eight counts of child molestation and enticing a minor, sentenced to 35 years in prison. Until then, Republicans treated him as a trusted ally.
Exhibit C: Robert Morris – The Pastor Who Prayed Over Trump While Allegedly Preying on a Child
Robert Morris, founding pastor of Gateway Church in Texas and a spiritual adviser to Donald Trump, spent decades railing against LGBTQ rights and preaching Christian nationalism. In March 2025, he was indicted on five counts of lewd acts with a child, alleged to have occurred when the victim was just 12. His charisma and political access allowed decades of silence before an indictment finally broke through the wall. This man literally laid hands on a president in prayer — now he stands accused of laying hands on children.
Exhibit D: Ashley James Crouse – The Pastor With 1,200 Files of Child Sexual Abuse
In 2023, North Carolina pastor and Christian-right activist Ashley James Crouse was arrested for possessing and receiving over 1,200 images and 450 videos of child sexual abuse, some depicting toddlers being tortured. He downloaded them using church computers — the same church where he preached “purity” and called for America to be reclaimed “for God.”
Exhibit E: Scott Haught – The Father, the Pastor, the Rapist
Michigan pastor Scott Haught stood before congregations preaching biblical “discipline” and father-led households. At home, he was repeatedly raping his own daughters. Convicted in 2025, he was sentenced to up to 25 years, with lifetime GPS monitoring. His sermons were about obedience; his life was about domination through violence.
Exhibit F: Robert Finn – The Bishop Who Sheltered a Predator
Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City-St. Joseph knew Father Shawn Ratigan had child pornography and a documented history of inappropriate contact with girls. Instead of reporting him, Finn reassigned him to a convent with unsupervised access to children. Convicted in 2012 of failing to report abuse, Finn kept his office for years — still embraced at Republican rallies as a pro-life hero.
Exhibit G: The Rest of the Rolodex
Bishop Eddie Long, who hosted George W. Bush, settled lawsuits accusing him of coercing teenage boys into sex. Josh Duggar, Christian-purity poster boy, molested his sisters before being convicted of downloading child torture porn. C.J. Mahaney, a star in the Reformed movement, oversaw a ministry accused of covering up abuse. Jose Saez Jr., a Long Island pastor, pleaded guilty in 2025 to possessing child sexual abuse material and molesting boys from his congregation.
REPUBLICAN OPERATIVES AND STRATEGISTS
Ladies and gentlemen, these aren’t small-time political volunteers. These are the rainmakers, fixers, and bagmen — the men who raise the money, shape the campaigns, and stand at the right hand of Republican power. They move in the shadows and sit in the VIP section, wearing the party’s “family values” mask while using their influence as a hunting license for abuse.
Exhibit A: Joel Greenberg – The Child-Trafficking Bagman for MAGA Power
Joel Greenberg wasn’t just a county tax collector in Florida — he was a rising Republican star, Matt Gaetz’s wingman, and a loyal foot soldier in Trump’s political machine. Behind the swagger, he was running a criminal syndicate. Greenberg used public resources to create fake IDs for underage girls, some as young as 15, to facilitate sex acts. He met them online, lured them with money, and even introduced them to other men in his circle. He also stole hundreds of thousands in taxpayer funds through shell companies.
In 2021, he pleaded guilty to six federal crimes — including sex trafficking a minor, identity theft, bribery, and fraud — and was sentenced to 11 years in prison. He gave names to prosecutors. And what happened to the powerful Republicans he implicated? Nothing.
Exhibit B: Anton “Tony” Lazzaro – The GOP Rainmaker Who Bought Girls
Anton Lazzaro was the golden boy of Minnesota Republican politics — a wealthy donor, chair of the Minnesota Young Republicans, and a man with deep ties to the party’s top brass. He funneled cash into GOP campaigns, posed for photos with rising stars, and built an image as a political “visionary.”
Behind that image, he was a predator. In 2020, Lazzaro used cash, alcohol, luxury hotel suites, and gifts to lure underage girls — some just 14 years old — into sex. He deployed adult recruiters to find victims and relied on his money and status to manipulate them into compliance. When the FBI raided his penthouse, they uncovered a trafficking operation. In 2023, he was convicted on all counts and sentenced to 21 years in federal prison. And the Minnesota GOP’s response? Silence. No apologies, no reckoning.
Exhibit C: Pete Hegseth – The Defense Secretary with a Sexual Assault Allegation
Pete Hegseth — now Donald Trump’s Defense Secretary and one of the party’s most sanctimonious “family values” warriors — was accused of trapping a woman in a hotel room, stealing her phone, and sexually assaulting her. No charges were filed. And instead of being sidelined, he was promoted to run the Pentagon. This is what accountability looks like in the GOP: if you’re loyal, the accusations don’t matter.
Exhibit D: Corey Lewandowski – The Party’s Perpetual Fixer and Repeat Accused
Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s longtime fixer, has faced accusations of stalking, harassment, and sexual assault. Police reports have been filed. Complaints have been lodged. Yet Lewandowski remains an insider — proof that in Republican politics, the problem isn’t the conduct, it’s whether you keep your mouth shut about the boss.
Exhibit E: The Party Machinery at Work
Michigan GOP powerbroker Peter Lucido faced multiple sexual harassment allegations involving minors. Wisconsin Assembly leader Bill Kramer was convicted of sexually assaulting a staffer and still finished his term in office. Each time, the playbook was the same: ignore the whispers, ride out the headlines, and never admit the moral rot runs all the way to the top.
Ladies and gentlemen, you have seen the evidence. You have heard the testimony. And you know the truth.
The Republican Party tells you it is the last line of defense for America’s children, the guardian of marriage, the steward of morality. But behind the sermons and slogans, the evidence shows something else entirely: a criminal ecosystem. A system where predators are not outliers — they are elected, appointed, promoted, and protected.
We have shown you federal lawmakers who wrote the laws while breaking them in the most depraved ways imaginable. State legislators who stood on the House floor preaching “family values” before going home to assault their own daughters or lure minors to motel rooms. Judges who banged the gavel by day and groomed, harassed, or brutalized by night. Sheriffs who turned jails into rape camps. Pastors who used pulpits as hunting blinds. Strategists and operatives who traded political access for teenage flesh.
This is not coincidence. This is not “a few bad apples.” This is a culture — a machine — that shields the guilty if they are politically useful, and discards them only when the headlines make silence impossible. It is a party that has turned the Bible into a stage prop, the law into a personal shield, and morality into a marketing gimmick.
The defense will tell you these men do not represent the whole. But the truth is undeniable: every name on this list was embraced by the party until exposure made them a liability. Not one of these men rose in spite of the Republican machine — they rose because of it. And when they fell, the machine kept turning.
I submit to you that the “moral outrage” of the Republican Party is not a principle — it is a performance. A performance that hides the truth: they are not protecting families, they are protecting themselves.
You have heard the evidence. You have seen the pattern. And now it is up to you to render your verdict — not just on these men, but on the party that made their crimes possible.
You can call it hypocrisy if you wish. But I will call it what the facts demand you call it: a criminal enterprise, draped in the American flag, hiding behind a cross.
Author’s Note
While data shows Republican-affiliated lawmakers, law enforcement, and clergy are three times more likely to be convicted or credibly accused of sex crimes, predation isn’t exclusive to any party, gender, or role. Power, secrecy, and access can corrupt anywhere—and some will exploit it no matter the label they wear.
My focus here is the Republican Party because of how aggressively it has weaponized “family values” as a political weapon while shielding and promoting offenders in its own ranks. The hypocrisy magnifies the harm. But the larger mission is the same everywhere: expose predators, strip away their protections, and stop the abuse—without fear or favor.
If you’ve lived through abuse, if this material triggers you, or if you suspect someone you know is being harmed, you are not alone, and you are not without options.
Resources:
RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) – 24/7 confidential support via call or chat. Call 800-656-4673 or visit www.rainn.org
National Domestic Violence Hotline – Call 800-799-SAFE (7233) or text START to 88788
Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline – Call or text 800-422-4453 for help reporting or getting assistance for a child.
1in6 – Support for male survivors of sexual abuse: www.1in6.org
Darkness to Light – Resources on preventing, recognizing, and responding to child sexual abuse: www.d2l.org
Loveisrespect – Support for teens and young adults in abusive relationships: Call 866-331-9474 or text LOVEIS to 22522
Wherever you live, there are local and national organizations ready to listen without judgment and help without strings. The first step toward justice—personal or political—is breaking the silence.
To see these crimes and allegations gathered all together is a visceral beating. A nationwide broadcast of this column might shake this country into action. Thank you.
Absolutely insane to see it all laid out in one really long essay, Patrice. An incredible indictment against the party who calls the Democrats the pedo party, and just continues to get away with it. Is it any wonder they’re rallying around one of the worst ever sexual predators who has been credibly and closely linked to the two worst sex traffickers of young girls in US history??? It’s reflex, knee jerk, just what they do kind of shit!!! A Rachel Maddow special as mentioned by someone here would be wild.