Senate Candidate Did Not Disclose DUI Convictions

[DonViejo]

April 19, 2018 at 9:19 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

“In U.S. Senate candidate Luke Messer’s (R) first successful run for public office, he had to persuade a caucus of local party insiders that he was the right man to replace state Rep. Roland Stine, a beloved schoolteacher who was killed by a drunken driver less than a month earlier,” the Indianapolis Star reports.

“That position would launch his political career and eventually land him a spot as a top Republican in Congress.”

“But Messer had a secret: He himself had two drunken driving convictions.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2018/04/19/senate-candidate-did-not-disclose-drunk-driving-convictions/

[RandySF]

1. This is at least the second candidate with legial/ethical problems.

Todd Rokita was just busted for using Indiana State computers to access a donor database.

[keithbvadu2]

2. SUPER Irony

[marble falls]

3. The full story.....

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/19/luke-messer-indiana-primary-2018-senate-race-didnt-disclose-duis-when-lawmaker-drunk-driving/511788002/

[Achilleaze]

4. republican "values" again float to the surface revealing their true nature

[Honeycombe8]

5. Did he get elected? No one vetted him? A simple Peoplefinder's search...

turns up things like that, driving record, etc.

[Roy Rolling]

6. Yeah, But . . .

1. He is forgiven because
2. He will declare he will end abortion forever

Regardless of the abortion debate, when will Republicans wake up that the more laws, anti-abortion position is a Republican ruse? Abortions in the U.S. arre half of what they were 30 years ago thanks to better birth control and other more effective measures than some idiot on a soapbox declaring he, alone, is the key to passing laws to make it happen.

Paradoxically, the laws the GOP want will increase abortions.