The GOP's silence on mounting domestic assault allegations speaks volumes

[Jilly_in_VA]

In at least four primary races around the country, women have accused Republican candidates of domestic abuse and sexual violence. The details of the allegations are depressing, but even more depressing is the seeming reaction from GOP voters, which includes an apparent shrug and a growing belief that only liberals care about men hurting women.

The accused are running for a U.S. House seat in Ohio, the governorship in Nebraska and U.S. Senate seats in Georgia and Missouri. Eric Greitens, the former governor of Missouri, is trying to make a political comeback. He resigned in 2018 after a woman with whom he'd been having an affair claimed under oath that he had assaulted her and threatened to blackmail with her nude photos he'd taken without her permission.

That past scandal would be a political minefield to navigate on its own. But last month, Greitens’ ex-wife alleged in an affidavit related to their custody dispute that the former governor physically abused her and their youngest son before their divorce. Sheena Greitens claimed that in April 2018 “Eric knocked me down and confiscated my cell phone, wallet and keys so that I was unable to call for help or extricate myself and our children from our home.”

Moreover, she alleges that his “behavior included physical violence toward our children, such as cuffing our then three-year-old son across the face at the dinner table in front of me and yanking him around by his hair.”

Greitens has denied the allegations and says he loves his sons. By claiming in a statement that he hopes Sheena Greiten “gets the help that she needs,” he has hinted that his ex-wife is mentally unstable. In that same statement, he accuses his ex of plotting with “political operatives.”

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/sexual-assault-claims-should-disqualify-gop-primary-candidates-n1294546
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Family values, my sainted Aunt Matilda!

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. GOP panders to fundies, and fundies believe it's either always the female's fault

for tempting/provoking the man, or if the abuse is so egregious even they can't blame the female, they still give the man a pass because God will forgive him.

[gratuitous]

3. Greitens is right there with the "little bit nutty" defense

Next up, he'll accuse his ex of being a little bit slutty. And that will be all the good people of the Show Me State need to hear, and Eric will be elected governor.

And when people outside the state criticize its residents, Fox and the usual suspects will be there to tell us to keep our noses out of their business. If Missouri wants to elect a practitioner of domestic violence, well, that's just the will of the people and let's talk about Hunter Biden's laptop.

[Jilly_in_VA]

4. Don't forget

he also had a "side piece" (I think that's what he called her) and used "revenge porn" on her. This was why he had to resign in the first place. He just hopes everyone forgot.

[BlueTsunami2018]

2. When have they ever cared about it?

Only when a Dem does it. Otherwise they don’t give a fuck. They laugh at us when we take our own out and turn around and protect theirs. We force our own guys out over joke pictures and they can beat and rape women without consequences.

There’s really no wonder we look weak. We act weak.