Thread by @McDutchoven

The evangelicals are raging against the dying of the dim, Republicans are running on family values, ending abortion, and fiscal responsibility.

Do they live up to these standards? Of course not

Thread: 2000-2018 in @gop culture, no particular order

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“on-one encounters in an empty locker room and a motel room with minors that violated the special trust between those young boys and their coach,”

nytimes.com/2016/04/09/us/…

the first two tabs left open on his search engine allegedly titled "LAYLA RIVERA TIGHT BOOTY" and "IVONE SEXY AMATEUR,"
wset.com/news/local/va-…

DesJarlais backed a second abortion after she returned from a military stint in Saudi Arabia a few years before they married in 1995.

timesfreepress.com/news/news/stor…

When the woman asked him if he made it a habit to send shirtless photos of himself to women, Mr. Lee responded in another e-mail: “Sorry. Its all I had.”

nytimes.com/2011/02/10/us/…

“Boehner has been perfectly clear that he will hold our members to the highest ethical standards,” said Michael Steel, Boehner's spokesman.
politico.com/story/2010/05/…

"I have had a relationship with Laura Fay, with whom I have a three year old daughter," the married Fossella said in a prepared statement e-mailed to reporters by consultant Susan Del Percio.

silive.com/news/2008/05/s…

Vitter, 46, represented New Orleans suburbs in the House of Representatives from 1999 to 2004, when he ran for the Senate. He is married and has four children. Video

edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/…

GOP lawmaker had sent inappropriate messages to a teenage boy. Hastert's office said aides referred the matter to the proper authorities last fall but they were only told the messages were "over-friendly."
usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washingto…

"Nothing is more stunning than having the words 'serial child molester' and 'speaker of the House' in the same sentence," Durkin said.
chicagotribune.com/news/local/bre…

Rep. Blake Farenthold is the only sitting House member since 2013 to have used the congressional Office of Compliance account to pay for a sexual harassment claim, in which $84,000 was paid out, CBS News confirmed Friday.
cbsnews.com/news/blake-far…

the married father of five leaned over and deeply kissed his office scheduler, a woman who also happened to be married to Heath Peacock, one of his friends and political supporters
washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/styl…

“He suddenly reached over and put his hand on my leg under my skirt and reached for my genitals,” said Bialek, “He also grabbed my head and pushed it toward his crotch.”
politico.com/story/2011/11/…

Donna Donella recalled what she alleges happened the day her path crossed with Cain, when the former CEO of Godfather's Pizza delivered an address at a seminar in Cairo, Egypt in late 2001.
abcnews.go.com/Blotter/donna-…

The abrupt departure of David Sorensen, a speechwriter who worked under senior policy adviser Stephen Miller, came as The Washington Post was reporting on a story about abuse claims by his ex-wife, Jessica Corbett.
washingtonpost.com/politics/secon…

used taxpayer money to settle a sexual harassment complaint with a former staffer.

thehill.com/homenews/house…

While Franks was on the floor Thursday voting on a stopgap funding bill and other measures, he appeared to be consoled by a number of fellow Republicans. At one point, Franks and four colleagues locked arms and bowed their heads in an apparent prayer
washingtonpost.com/politics/rep-t…

"While separated from my second wife, prior to the divorce, I had sexual relationships with other mature adult women," Barton, 68, admitted in a written statement.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/texas…

when she was 14 and Moore was 32 — Moore partially undressed her and himself, touched her over her undergarments and guided her hand to touch him.
yahoo.com/news/roy-moore…

Miller is accused of giving the pregnant woman smoothie drink containing an abortion-inducing drug without her knowledge. As a result the womanin the filing, reportedly became violently ill to the point of requiring hospitalization and lost the baby.
snopes.com/news/2018/09/2…

while they both worked for the Trump campaign, and while Miller was married. After the November presidential election in 2016, Delgado told Miller she was pregnant, according to a profile The Atlantic published last year.
huffingtonpost.com/entry/jason-mi…

Trump made no mention of the women — Porter's ex-wives — whose abuse claims range from choking to shaking violently to punching in the face

abcnews.go.com/Politics/white…

As you could see the outrage on the right is actually projection. I could put articles in about Trump but they are pretty front row in news lately, so that would be overkill. They require their own thread also because of the long list of improprieties.

The above articles only represent a handful of incidents over the last 18 years.

I may tack more on later.

I haven't forgotten Jim Jordan... He gets his own thread.

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