Thread by @charles_gaba

⚠️TRIGGER WARNING...BIG TIME: In light of the recent horrific developments in Georgia, Ohio, Alabama and other GOP-run states, it’s time once again to remember that Republican ignorance of, cruelty about and obsession with all things rape-related has been a thing for decades. 1/

I therefore am once again taking you down memory lane, with a few case studies from the Republican Rape Advisory Chart:
goprapeadvisorychart.com 2/

1988: Republican State Representative Stephen Freind of Pennsylvania. 3/

1990: Republican Gubernatorial candidate Clayton Williams of Texas: 4/

1995: Republican state representative Henry Aldridge of North Carolina. 5/

1998: Republican state Senator & U.S. Senate candidate Fay Boozman of Arkansas. 6/

2002: Republican state senate candidate Dick Black of Virginia. 7/

2003: Republican Governor Jen Bush of Florida. 8/

2005: Republican state representative Mark Anderson of Arizona. 9/

2005: Republican state representative Wards Nichols of Arizona. 10/

2006: Republican Senate candidate Ken Buck of Colorado. 11/

2006: Republican state representative Bill Napoli of South Dakota. 12/

2008: Republican state representative Jonathan Strickland of Texas. 13/

2010: Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle of Nevada. 14/

2010: Republican Congressman Steve King of Iowa. 15/

2011: Republican state representative Kathleen Passidomo of Florida. 16/

2011: Republican state senator Brent Crane of Idaho. 17/

2011: Republican state representative Pete DeGraaf of Kansas. 18/

2011: Republican Governor and Presidential candidate Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. 19/

2011: Republican state representative Roger Rivard of Wisconsin. 20/

2012: Republican state representative John Ragan of Tennessee. 21/

2012: Republican Senator and Presidential candidate Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania. 22/

2012: Republican Congressman and Presidential candidate Ron Paul of Texas. 23/

2012: Republican state Senator Chuck Winder of Idaho. 24/

2012: Republican Senate candidate Tom Smith of Pennsylvania. 25/

2012: Republican Congressman and Senate candidate Todd Akin of Missouri (he was the "inspiration" for my decision to start tracking these statements). 26/

I'll stop for now.
Note that I'm only up to 2012.
I added over SEVENTY MORE to the archive over the next 4 years before becoming too sickened to continue after Donald Trump was elected President.

You can view them all, with source links, here: goprapeadvisorychart.com