Republican Child Abuse Criminal Scandals

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  • Zack ScrivnerZack ScrivnerCounty Supervisor
       
    4/25/24
    Armed himself with a gun while experiencing what his aunt told police was a psychotic episode and got in a physical altercation with his minor children who wound up stabbing him twice to protect themselves and disarm him and was found to be in possession of thirty firearms and psychedelic mushrooms when police arrived
    Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
  • Trent HinkleTrent HinkleCommissioner [R-IN]
       
    3/01/23
    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
    According to a police report filed by local officials
  • Steven PankeySteven PankeyGov. Candidate [R-ID]
       
    10/31/22
    Shot a 12-year-old girl in the head and then buried her body after kidnapping her from her home
    According to charging documents filed by state officials
  • Ben IgnatowiczBen IgnatowiczYork County, SC Republican Party Chair
       
    5/02/22
    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"
    According to charging documents filed by state police
  • Nathan TaborNathan TaborFmr. Forsyth County GOP ChairFacebook iconInstagram icon36k
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    4/20/22
    Mentally and emotionally abused his minor child by implying they will "burn in hell" and spitefully wished they will become ill any time they "see or touch something" they enjoyed over a series of texts and emails that resulted in his estranged wife being granted a restraining order against him
    According to a police report filed by his estranged wife
  • Eric GreitensEric GreitensFmr. Governor [R-MO]Facebook iconTwitter iconInstagram iconTruthSocial icon590k
    3/22/22
    Struck his three-year-old son in the face and also yanked him around by his hair
    According to a sworn affidavit by his ex-wife and reported by national media
  • Sean ParnellSean ParnellFmr. U.S. Senate Candidate
       
    11/22/21
    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 period
    According to court records in an order granting his ex-wife sole legal custody of their children