GOP Candidate Releases Death Threat Political Ad
Eric Greitens is the former Governor of Missouri. Greitens resigned from office in 2018 following a series of scandals.
Why many Missouri Republicans fear Eric Greitens could win the state's Senate primary
He's hoping Missouri Republicans will flock to his message that emphasizes ties to former President Donald Trump's agenda and approach.
"We need fighters who are willing to do what it takes to take our country back," Greitens told reporters back in February . "To take our country back from the left — and also fighters who are willing to take on the establishment, willing to take on the mainstream media."
But Greitens can't escape the shadow of scandal.
His ex-wife Sheena Greitens last month filed legal documentation in which she, under oath, accused the former governor of emotional and physical abuse.
He has denied her claims.
But combined with the 2018 allegations of sexual misconduct and campaign finance issues , some Republicans worry that if Greitens were to win the primary, it would place a Senate seat considered to be safely GOP in jeopardy.
"This messy, dark story"
When Sheena Greitens' under-oath statements became public, Kay Hoflander, a former Missouri GOP chair, says she had difficulty sleeping.
After two days, she decided to do something about it: She issued a statement calling for Greitens to get out of the race. And she said she was pleased when several other high-profile women involved with the state Republican Party also called for him to exit the contest .
"Some day his children will see this messy, dark story about their family — and they need to know that there were people who stood up for their mom," Hoflander said in an interview.
Unlike 2018, Greitens, whose campaign didn't respond to a request for comment, has steadfastly refused to drop out of the Senate race.
Instead, he's claimed without evidence that his ex-wife is involved in a scheme involving prominent Republicans like Karl Rove and Mitch McConnell . Both Greitens and his campaign amplified this message — which Sheena Greitens' attorney called a " conspiracy theory " — in friendly media interviews, including with former Trump aide Steve Bannon.
Sheena Greitens said she has documentation to back up her claims — which are playing out in front of a judge to move divorce-related proceedings to Texas.
Other notable Republicans, including Missouri U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, have called for Greitens to depart from the contest. "If you hit a woman or a child, you belong in handcuffs, not the United States Senate," Hawley tweeted in March.
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/29/1095128153/missouri-republican-senate-primary-eric-greitens
Greitens is a piece of steaming fecal matter. Naturally, he is actively courting Trump's endorsement. Butt that's not why I'm publishing this article. Eric Greitens has just released an extremely disturbing political advertisement. It's MUCH more deplorable than a typical attack ad; it's a fucking death threat ad:
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Yeah, the GOP has some crazy motherfuckers running for office.
I guess they appeal to the traitors who stormed the Capitol.
The best thing is that he would win the primary as that might put the dems in a position of winning that senate seat.
We're talking about Missouri.
He might win and become a part of a cra-cra duo with Hawley.
I know and most republicans do not want anything to do with him. If perchance he was elected he would be the poster child for spousal abuse, dirty dealing etc. It would be a field day of unlimited targets for the dems.
Sorta thought you couldn't be in possession of a firearm if you were under charges of domestic violence or had been found guilty. As I understand it, the head GOP guy in his state referred this issue to the state police. Nice when the system works (hopefully).
Who's gonna disarm the crazy motherfucker?
Only a sniper.
He needed a big gun for the photo op (probably to compensate for having a tiny penis).
Like Marjorie Taylor Greene - she just issued some death threat against Eric Swalwell - it was on Yahoo - but I couldn't get to the details.
They voted that crazy bitch back in!
That is disturbing to say the least...and how is it legal?
I approved this message. - Charles Manson
From the beyond? he's dead ya know
I didn't know that. I thought the little fuck was still alive.
No live people have endorsed the ad (yet).
Yeah he died in prison a few years ago
LOL!...they're just waiting for someone to be first
my money is all on the colorado congressional trump harlot, lauren blow-bert.
The first up-vote here was from Lucifer (comment #6).
So, I guess you're right.
he knows how to talk to trumpsters, but so do I... ha ha ha
I like to carpet bomb the Trumpanzees with "F-bombs".
kind of like fighting fire with fire, I get it...
What a piece of shit.
I am getting sick of all the assholes with the phrase 'take our country back'...
Take it back from what? The only thing that they could try to say was taken from them was their open ability to hate other people.
Yet as we can see, that was not taken away.
Agreed. This is just as much a liberal and progressives country, especially since they make up the majority, as it is any right wing conservatives which make up 36% or less of our population.
The issue really is that many of those right wing conservatives don't see liberals and progressives as "American" because they are often people of color or who don't adhere to the conservative Christian ideology and morals these conservatives were raised on. I believe when conservatives hear "American" they envision the classic white Christian "Leave It To Beaver" family of the 1950's and so when they declare their desire to "take back" what they see as "their country" they're really expressing their desire to put white conservative Christians back on their pedestal of privilege which allowed them to discriminate against those they consider "sinners" which include lgtbq, atheists, minorities and those of other faiths.
Emphatically.
Where are the kids, the wife and the abused Christmas tree?
We will hear more from Eric Greitens' wife.
he's claimed without evidence that his ex-wife is involved in a scheme involving prominent Republicans like Karl Rove and Mitch McConnell . Both Greitens and his campaign amplified this message — which Sheena Greitens' attorney called a " conspiracy theory " — in friendly media interviews, including with former Trump aide Steve Bannon.
Sheena Greitens said she has documentation to back up her claims — which are playing out in front of a judge to move divorce-related proceedings to Texas.
Wow. This is next level threat material. As former governor, he must know this is a potential problem: Why did he do it?
Why did he do it?
Eric Greitens, like The Donald, believes he is above the law.
Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is facing new allegations that he physically abused his ex-wife and children , and that in the months before his resignation became so unstable that his access to firearms had to be limited.
The accusations are included in a sworn affidavit filed by former Missouri First Lady Sheena Greitens as part of an ongoing child custody dispute. She sought a divorce from Eric Greitens in 2020 and is asking a court to move the child custody case to Austin, Texas, where she is currently a professor at the University of Texas. The affidavit was first reported Monday by The Associated Press.
Eric Greitens’ “unstable and coercive” behavior included physical violence to their children, “such as cuffing our then three-year-old son across the face at the dinner table in front of me and yanking him around by his hair,” the affidavit states.
A lovely man !
Those good old fashion family values...
'cuffing' kind of threw me a little.
Yeah, "cuffing" kinda threw me back to my own childhood.
My Dad was "The Great Santini".
I'm sure that your father was as proud of you as Bull Meechum was of Ben.
I was the only freshman varsity wrestler at my high school.
My father never saw me wrestle.
Butt, HE was a fucking fighter pilot.
When he punched me in the mouth I never flinched.
Good times....
Sounds like it.
Negative attention is better than no attention when you're a teenager.
You got that right, I can still remember.
I beg to differ. I only could have wished for the no attention. That didn't come until after I graduated college. I didn't know what I was missing! No attention was great!
meh, just another trumpster wack job...
As I stated, "Greitens is a piece of steaming fecal matter."
his original political ad had him coming home to beat his wife and kids after humping the woman that cuts his hair. I guess his political campaign advisors thought that was too truthful... /s
So show me the death threat? I am waiting.
Anyone that thinks he is literally calling for a literal physical RINO hunt should immediately be checked into a mental hospital for life.
He is calling for party purity at the ballot box, period.
Notice it is only leftists getting upset about this. Since when does the left give a rats ass about RINO's? Outside of when they can use them to achieve a political end; and then throw them away once done.
There are far more real things to be worried about. Like Democrats ratcheting up the hate rhetoric on Supreme Court Justices and Republicans; leftist extremists firebombing Pro life facilities; and left wing nut jobs trying to intimidate or kill conservative Supreme Court Justices. That is reality.
Not some over the top political commercial by an ex Seal trying to prove his Conservative creds.
“Not some over the top political commercial by an ex Seal trying to prove his Conservative creds.”
As we continue to lower the bar…proving one’s conservative credentials has become a parlor game in seeing how outlandish one can be and still somehow be electable.
In the era of Trump it truly has been a race to the bottom for many conservative candidates, each one trying to 'out Trump' the next. The saddest aspect of this phenomenon is the fact that there must be a wide market for "over the top political commercials" because they wouldn't be making them if it wasn't selling well. Right wing conservatives keep trying to paint their party as rational, non-racist, non-violent and not trying to overturn the constitution and our system of free and fair elections, yet by their actions and the representatives they're choosing prove exactly the opposite.
These 'apologists' for Donald are pathetic and mildly ridiculous with their weak statements and indefensible stances (for that impossible fool Donald).
I get what you're saying but I can't quite agree. At least not in this sociopolitical environment. Not when things are so polarized and getting worse.
I'm not saying he literally intends we go out and shoot people but, at the same time, I have to consider the allegations against him. Add to this that I don't personally know the man, I can't say it isn't what he really wants to do in his heart.
Further, regardless of how this guy feels, I think there are people out there who want to take it literally. Polarization is just getting worse and I expect a corresponding increase of crazies on both sides. I think we both know there are those out there who would love to start shooting, on both sides.
And that's kind of the point. I put this guy's ad in this same category. I just can't see any positive to it or anything even responsible, given the current environment.
In the "good book" it's called avoiding the appearance of evil. Hunting RINO with guns should appear to be evil to any Christian. I'm just saying. I will say this about his little role-play: At least he had the good sense to break-into an empty house!
You are absolutely right (far right).
I hope 250,000 rounds is sufficient.
I am far right? Thank you for the laugh. I am sending your post to my conservative friends. They always get a kick out anyone that thinks I am far right.
Who cares how many rounds he fires? He wants to waste bullets and money playing Rambo that is on him. So long as it isn't the tax payer paying for this it isn't illegal.
I don't hear or see leftists screaming about Hollywood driving violence. When many of their movies are nothing but glorified ammosexual gore fests. This ad is no different. It just left out the special effects blood, bodies, explosions, and screams.
Of course not.
Maybe he should take the heavy machine gun to an elementary school for show-and-tell.
Yes.
I guess you feel you have to ignore any wrongdoing by a Retrumplican. Here's what a Missouri Republican said:
GOP Lawmaker Calls Cops Over Greitens’ Threatening ‘RINO Hunting’ Video
A senior Missouri GOP lawmaker said he contacted the police about GOP Senate candidate Eric Greitens’ “RINO Hunting” ad.
Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ new “RINO Hunting” campaign ad is so threatening that one of his state’s top Republican lawmakers felt the need to call the cops.
“We have been in contact with the Missouri Highway Patrol and hope that former Gov. Greitens finds the help he needs,” Missouri Republican Senate Majority Leader Caleb Rowden tweeted on Monday afternoon.
“Anyone with multiple accusations of abuse toward women and children should probably steer clear of this rhetoric,” Rowden continued.
Rowden’s tweet came hours after Greitens, a former Navy SEAL, released an unhinged Senate campaign ad where he declared that he’s “going RINO hunting,” taking aim at “Republicans in name only”—and a pro-Greitens Twitter account tagged him specifically with threatening language.
“The RINO feeds on corruption and is marked by the stripes of cowardice,” Greitens said with a grin in the ad as he poses with a long gun, before he and a crew of armed men in tactical gear break into a house, guns drawn. “Join the MAGA crew. Get a RINO-hunting permit. There’s no bagging limit, no tagging limit, and it doesn’t expire until we save our country.”
Greitens’ ad comes amid an uptick in political violence in the U.S.—and is the latest example of a growing embrace of violent political rhetoric on the far right.
Rowden’s post about calling the police was in response to a tweet from @Greitens_Eric, a pro-Greitens account not affiliated with the campaign, that tagged Rowden, Missouri Gov. Mike Parsons and other Republicans and said “we’ve got our permit and we’re coming for you.” That account has since been suspended .
Greitens’ campaign manager responded saying that the Twitter account has “nothing to do” with Greitens’ campaign while laughing about the giant backlash the ad inspired:
Greitens’ campaign clearly sought the kind of revulsion he’s now getting, and he’s not backing down: His campaign website currently prominently features a link to donate to "order your RINO hunting permit today."
Greitens was forced to resign from the Missouri governorship in 2018 after he was indicted for allegedly taking compromising photos of a woman with whom he was having an affair without her permission, then using them to blackmail her to keep quiet. That woman also accused him of physical abuse.
Prosecutors also charged him with felony invasion of privacy but later dropped that charge .
Greitens’ former wife has also accused him in court filings of threatening her and hitting their three-year-old.
He is now trying to make a political comeback, claiming he’s been exonerated and seeking the state’s open U.S. Senate seat by running hard to the right. That includes harsh attacks against the many Republicans who called for him to resign back in 2018—including ads like this that jokingly encourage violence against them.
He has a real chance of winning.
Greitens has consistently led a crowded field of candidates in polling of the race, though the primary is still months away and his lead hasn’t been large. A number of Republicans are worried he could put a safe seat in play this fall if he wins the nomination.
Missouri GOP Leader Says He’s Contacted Police Over Bloodthirsty Greitens Ad
OK, so . . . he’s kind of a freak.
Isn't Missouri the 'Shove Me' state?