Republican Child Abuse Criminal Scandals
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Commissioner Trent Hinkle [R-IN]threw his phone in a rage and struck his less than 14-year-old foster child in the leg resulting in a cut and bruise during an argument over not cleaning their room
01 Mar 2023According to a police report filed by local officials -
Steven Pankey [1800 ID GOP Gov. Candidate]shot a 12-year-old girl in the head then buried her body after kidnapping her from her home31 Oct 2022
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
GOP County Chair Ben Ignatowicz [R-SC]spanked a child under his care in the bottom so hard that it caused bruising and admitted to police officers that he "would agree it was excessive"02 May 2022According to charging documents filed by state police
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Gov. Eric Greitens [R-MO]struck his three-year-old son in the face then yanked his hair22 Mar 2022According to a sworn affidavit by his ex-wife and reported by national media
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Sean Parnell [2020 PA GOP Sen. Candidate]choked and strangled his wife multiple times, once kicked her out of their car on the side of the highway when she was pregnant, struck his child leaving a handprint, and hit another child with a door leaving a bruise over a yearslong period22 Nov 2021According to court records in an order granting his ex-wife sole legal custody of their children