Republican Criminal Abusive Behavior Scandals

Tracked his wife to a local home, pounded loudly on the door, burst inside uninvited & drew a handgun on the homeowner

Slapped and strangled his wife and then lied to hospital staff by claiming she caused the injuries herself while also hypocritically having portrayed himself as a vocal "family values" conservative who was endorsed by the local sheriff

Was charged with DUI, reckless driving & disorderly conduct after he was pulled over for speeding

Strangled his then-fiancé to the point of unconsciousness, slammed a car door on her legs and threatened to murder her

Conspired with 10 others to steal well over $300k from taxpayers & cash seized from drug investigations to spend on personal expenses like home renovations, electronics & hunting equipment

Approached police who were searching vehicles associated with him where they discovered MDMA, $37k in cash, and his photo ID inside a bag of drugs he had previously showcased in his own Instagram posts

Pointed a loaded rifle in a worker's face and threatened to blow his head off because they were working on a project near his property

Admitted to having sexual relations with his dog in a conversation with his then-girlfriend

Drank to excess at multiple bars and got caught by police while he relieved his bladder in public during his walk home

Crashed his SUV into a truck, fled the scene on foot because he was drunk & then forced police to use breaching tools to enter his home because he refused to peacefully surrender

Tested positive for marijuana barely a month after she was sentenced to probation for her 2024 drunk driving conviction

Abandoned his young children at a resort pool to go buy an alcoholic drink and while they were alone his 4-year-old daughter lost consciousness, foamed at the mouth & required CPR from a good Samaritan who rescued her from drowning

Was pulled over for suspected DUI, failed a breathalyzer test and was arrested for DUI

Waged a relentless multiyear campaign of sexual harassment and stalking against his city secretary where he routinely cornered her in her office and showed up unannounced at her private family home during her lunch breaks, introduced her to City Hall guests as the “city sexetary” and “my sexetary,” physically assaulted her at least once and then fired her when she filed an official report that detailed all of his abhorrent actions over the years

Swerved in and out of his lane while driving nearly 30mph over the speed limit, had a firearm and empty beer can in his car with him, exhibited obvious signs of intoxication, refused to submit to field sobriety tests and then unsuccessfully attempted to get out of trouble by telling the arresting officer that he is a sitting judge and was arrested for his fourth DUI

Abused her power to issue fake tax bills and secretly photograph her neighbors who built a greenhouse to feed the homeless

Lied on an application about a prior felony conviction in order to illegally purchase a rifle at a local gun show

Possessed and sold a felony amount of a controlled substance and was arrested by police

Drove under the influence of alcohol and was arrested for DUI

Drove under the influence of illegal narcotics and was arrested by police

Illegally voted in 16 elections since 2012 as an ineligible convicted felon who also publicly admitted to owning firearms in violation of state and federal law barring felons from possessing guns

Crashed into a ditch and was so drunk that police didn't even bother giving him sobriety tests because he couldn't stand up straight to take any in the first place and also had a handgun on him in violation of a state law prohibiting people under the influence from carrying their firearm while also hypocritically being a member of the county Beer Board

Swerved all over the road and ran a red light before police pulled her over, noticed her wine-stained lips & arrested her for "extreme DUI" with a BAC of nearly three times the legal limit of .23 while she berated them & repeatedly botched the sheriff's name in an attempt to dodge arrest

Shot at elk from inside a car and illegally killed two animals on private and federal land without a valid hunting tag

Orchestrated a four-year kidnapping conspiracy in which he abducted at least 27 psychiatric patients and kept them in his facility by force-feeding them mind-altering controlled substances to maintain their compliance and subjected them to horrific physical abuse including having a staff member break a patient's collarbone all so he could bill Medicaid for his supposed therapeutic services

Nearly caused a crash in downtown Juneau and then exhibited a strong odor of alcohol and failed a field sobriety test after police pulled him over

Drove under the influence of alcohol and was pulled over on suspicion of DUI

Drunkenly drove his vehicle directly into a hospital ambulance bay and proceeded to get belligerent with hospital security

Was pulled over for speeding with a broken headlight and expired tags around 2am and was found to have a BAC nearly twice the legal limit

Endangered the welfare of her children and falsely imprisoned them behind locked doors discovered during a police welfare check following her husband's arrest for sexually abusing a minor

Illegally drove into oncoming traffic and then backed his SUV into another car before completely fleeing the crash scene so he could drop his kid off at school

Groped a minor boy that he had gotten drunk after they fell asleep, tried to block him from leaving once he woke up and was later found to have planned to rape him had he not successfully escaped

Drunkenly drove through several lawns, ran into two cars and then crashed through the wall of a house and barely missed hitting a sleeping teenager

Paid an enforcer to kidnap and assault a former client's son over an unpaid debt he owed for helping him secure a pardon from Donald Trump

Weaved in and out of her lane around 2am, didn't signal when she made a righthand turn, failed field sobriety tests and had a BAC over twice the legal limit

Illegally killed a black bear inside a closed area with the help of an unlicensed guide and had the audacity to post with its carcass afterwards

Drunkenly swerved his taxpayer-funded SUV around 10am and had a strong odor of alcohol among other obvious signs of impairment after his own deputy pulled him over

Lured a 15-year-old girl to his home and got her blackout drunk to sexually exploit her but her mother tracked them down and punched him in the face to rescue her

Rammed through a mailbox and drove her vehicle onto the lawn of couple she drunkenly tailgated home and was arrested by police after she failed a field sobriety test which wasn't surprising considering she was found to have a BAC over twice the legal limit when she arrived at jail

Waterboarded his teenage daughter in a bathroom sink as punishment for not cleaning her room to his spotless expectations

Distributed CSAM and was found with a stash of illegal short-barreled rifles and 'ghost guns' when police conducted a search of his home

Solicited sexual favors from a female defendant & accepted cash bribes to fix cases while serving as a criminal judge

Stockpiled a secret bunker accessed by a 100-ft tunnel with 13 illegal guns including a machine gun, body armor and 10k rounds of ammo, which were all found after police executed a search warrant to shut down his illegal marijuana grow operation

Physically fought with a Walmart loss prevention employee and was found with a baggie of drugs on him when police arrived

Created fake personas including stealing the identity of an active-duty soldier to criminally harass his replacement in city government

Was charged with DUI after being pulled over by a state trooper

Groped an inebriated woman who had just consumed highly potent (and illegal) THC that he gave her following a night out drinking

Tailgated a driver into a gym lot, “bear-hugged” them, seized their phone to delete a video of his behavior and then fled after being warned police were being called

Barely avoided drunkenly crashing into another vehicle with an open beer can in his console and a loaded firearm in the passenger seat

Drove under the influence of alcohol and was arrested for DUI

Drove under the influence of alcohol and was arrested for DUI

Drove under the influence of alcohol and was convicted of felony DUI

Dramatically escalated a minor traffic dispute by threatening to shoot the other individual

Falsely claimed to be a police officer and also used his influence as county commissioner to illegally coerce his neighbor to stop firing guns on his own property

Drifted into oncoming traffic and crashed into another vehicle while under the influence of alcohol

Rear-ended another vehicle, injured the driver and then fled the scene

Posted nude photos of a woman online without her consent

Crashed into another driver at an intersection, fled the scene before police arrived and had a BAC almost twice the legal limit when police caught up with him at his home

Grabbed the township manager’s arm and refused to let go even after she was repeatedly told to release her grip

Forcefully grabbed his 17-year-old minor child and threw him to the ground

Forcefully shoved his mother against a vehicle and stole her mail and then proceeded to get arrested an astounding four more times for violating his restraining order and other bail conditions

Groped a woman's breasts inside an Asheville, N.C. bar and then got in a drunken fight with her boyfriend in the parking lot after he confronted Carr about his assault

Smashed a window and broke into his ex-girlfriend's and political opponent’s home despite a court order prohibiting contact between the two

Drove the wrong way on a one-way street and nearly crashed into another car, failed sobriety tests and had a BAC nearly twice the legal limit

Illegally possessed a concealed handgun without a license which was found in his vehicle during a routine traffic stop

Was charged with DUI after police stopped him, observed he had an open container of alcohol and then had him submit to a breathalyzer which was twice the legal limit

Physically attacked his wife while driving on a highway with their child in the vehicle, stole her phone, and fled with their child after leaving her on the side of the road

Drove recklessly while drunk and was found with a loaded 9mm handgun in her drivers-side door in violation of state law

Tried to gouge his wife's eye out serious enough she had to miss work for a week to recover

Ran his teenage daughter and another woman off the road while screaming that he was "going to kill" them

Sexually harassed and intimidated multiple female subordinates over more than a year and later threatened to jail a subordinate after she filed a sexual harassment complaint against him

Got a DUI with a staggering 0.28 BAC with signs of intoxication midafternoon that included drinking alcohol inside his car, stumbling to walk into a Panda Express, swerving and speeding in his vehicle after he left and had bloodshot eyes, trouble speaking and was found covered in food when pulled over

Put cocaine and MDMA into his 15- and 16-year-old granddaughters’ ice cream at a Dairy Queen and was caught in the act on the store's video surveillance system

Crashed into another vehicle while driving under the influence of alcohol, attempted to flee the scene after unsuccessfully offering to bribe the driver he hit with $2k to not call the police, slurred his words and refused a field sobriety test when police arrived and was found to be in possession of a loaded pistol and second gun in violation of state law

Crashed into another vehicle, attempted to flee from the police but tripped and fell to the ground, was found with urine-soaked pants and spectacularly failed a field sobriety test

Repeatedly threatened to release sex videos and nude photographs of his ex-girlfriend Lindsey Langston and physically assault anyone she dated over a monthslong period of incessant harassment after she left him because of his infidelity

Falsely accused someone he barely knew of sexual assault by distributing flyers in their neighborhood with his name and photo, inundated him and members of his family with a torrent of messages, traveled to his county the week he got married apparently to harass him and created a fake account on a gay website in their name simply because he didn't respond to text messages fast enough

Drove under the influence of alcohol and was arrested for DUI

Operated a multi-year drug trafficking scheme with his brother out of a local middle school where they stored and repackaged massive loads of cocaine for distribution throughout the United States and was caught with $722k in cash hidden in multiple safes when police arrested him

Had an unregistered pistol, a second gun and a stun gun that was shaped like brass knuckles which police found in his car after they pulled him over following a 911 call that reported he was heavily armed and driving to confront someone

Drove erratically around 1am and had a "dazed expression," bloodshot eyes, smelled of alcohol and refused to take a breathalyzer after police pulled her over

Groped a woman's breast and legs inside of his police cruiser and unsuccessfully attempted to coerce her into doing other "things she did not want to do" before she was able to exit his car and report his actions to the police

Tried to coerce a young woman into giving him oral sex inside his police cruiser and then began "rubbing his crotch" while she sat next to him after she repeatedly told him she would not do what he asked

Unsuccessfully tried to coerce a female inmate housed at a county jail into becoming his "sex slave" and pay him $2,500 in exchange for his help getting the judge and assistant district attorney overseeing her case to go lenient on her

Threatened to kill a state senator over his opposition to a shrimp trawling ban state legislators were considering

Was charged with felony domestic abuse of his ex-wife and was ordered to restrain from contacting her in any way

Weaved in and out of his lane in his sheriff's vehicle on an interstate highway, failed a field sobriety test after police pulled him over & was later found to have a BAC over twice the legal limit when he arrived at the local jail

Drugged and sexually molested a 16-year-old boy on at least one occasion and coerced him into consuming cocaine and alcohol numerous other times which the victim said "destroyed" his entire life

Repeatedly groped a young man's penis and tried to kiss him against his will inside a hot tub after peer pressuring him into consuming cocaine and alcohol despite his protestations

Drugged and sexually molested a young man inside his home who woke up while Tait was manually stimulating him

Sexually assaulted at least three underage boys and young men, inappropriately touched at least four others and routinely binged on hard drugs and alcohol with many more including underage boys over a decadeslong period which he himself admitted was like living a "double life" considering he preached "traditional" heterosexual relationships, sexual abstinence and sobriety in his music

Provoked a brawl, snatched a security officer's gun and shot at a man outside a celebrity boxing event in Miami and then fled to Dubai after being charged

Drunkenly beat his son with a baseball bat around 2am and then snuck marijuana into jail following his arrest

Illegally downloaded lewd photos and videos depicting a human engaged in sexual conduct with an animal and then erased his search history in a failed attempt to hide his crime

Threatened a defendant that "dead men can't testify" and pressured him to accept a plea deal that he didn't want to agree to during a phone call with him two days before his court date

Sent multiple anonymous letters verbally attacking local board of education members in a threatening manner

Physically assaulted someone in his household and was arrested by the police after they determined he was at fault

Hit another vehicle while driving drunk with a BAC nearly three times the legal limit with his young daughter in the car during the middle of a workday and then tried to get out of trouble by telling the arresting officer that he was a judge and named police officers he personally knew

Threatened to kill his primary opponent and eventual winner Anna Luna by calling up his "Russian-Ukrainian hit squad" to take her out and then fled to Thailand in a failed attempt to escape justice

Passed out in her car while idling in the middle of the road and then crashed into a parked vehicle after an officer woke her up and was taken to the hospital for observation because her BAC was over three times the legal limit