Governor Greiten (R Missouri), (mini trump) is in deep doodoo. Admits to extra marital affair.

[justhanginon]

Developing story just on KMOVTV Ch 4 St. louis.

[brooklynite]

1. ...and is accused of blackmail to cover it up.

[mucifer]

2. I really don't care about the affair. The blackmail tho not good.

[uponit7771]

5. +1

[LonePirate]

6. Agreed. He will say God has forgiven him for the affair and the Repugs will cheer. The blackmail ...

is another issue altogether. There may be legal ramifications for that and the public may not be as forgiving. I hope the woman and her husband pursue charges and a hefty civil settlement that bankrupts him.

[tblue37]

3. Silly rabbit, don't you know--IOKIYAR! Remember Mark Sanford hiking the Appalachian Trail?

He was a governor, but he just disappeared and was completely incommunicado as he hung out with his Brazilian girlfriend, yet he was ultimately elected to the Senate. Even being a pedophile was barely disqualifying for Roy Moore, because IOKIYAR. He still got 46% of the votes, because Republican.

[Freethinker65]

4. And evangelical leaders come to his rescue in 4...3...2...1

To profess his deep Christian family values. Let us pray.

[loyalsister]

10. He's Jewish

They have probably been praying for his conversion more than anything.

[Gore1FL]

11. Evangelicals love Trump and he isn't as "high" as Jewish on their list of acceptable people. nt

[Freethinker65]

13. Ha! Did not know that. Read he ran as family values guy and just figured he was stereotypical R

Oops. But chances are Evangelical preachers might assume the same as me...hahaha. They are a very forgiving group as long as one panders to them (does not seem to matter to them if you “walk the walk”).

[loyalsister]

17. He is at least as opportunistic as Trump

Speaking of forgiveness. In 2015, Tom Schwiech committed suicide. He was laying groundwork to run for Governor. He also was trying to get word out about an anti-Semitic whisper campaign that his primary opponents were using.
True or not, the GOP was stained by the incident. Along comes Greitens possibly to recover their image. He is a truly disgusting individual.
I think now that Evangelicans might have been easier to reach in MO than in other locations. Some Christian Identity groups have embraced Jewish white people as part of a shared genetic lineage. From what I have learned in interactions with evangelical family members, I think that ideology has crept into some mainstream baptist groups. So, it's possible that some may see him as one of their own.
Part of it has to do with allyship in taking sides against Muslims, too.

[bluestarone]

15. sorry too say that you are

1000% right on this!!! THAT is the problem with this country today for sure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pstokely]

7. Missouri's mini tRump

[Cha]

8. It's the Hypocrisy Gov Greiten.

[samplegirl]

9. Ok calling Kristen Gillibrand!

[Bigredhunk]

12. -

Unfortunately he'll be fine. He's got the magic "R" after his name.

[TheOther95Percent]

14. The Revenge Porn Is A Big Issue

Enough voters will ignore his first divorce and that he cheated on his second wife because he has an R after his name. Although as an aside, I can say from experience that it is a not a good sign if one of the spouses is out cheating a mere four years into the relationship. I suspect there may be others.

The revenge porn is big. Threatening to release a photo where the subject is blindfolded, bound and semi-undressed is not going over well with enough voters to quash his presidential ambitions.

[renate]

16. yeah--having an affair is practically wholesome for a Republican politician

But not the revenge porn yet, although a lot of Republican voters seemed okay with pedophilia, so this may be a test case.