“I’ve always been a fighter and as your attorney general I have fought in court to protect our those liberties,” Schmitt said in his victory speech, citing mask and vaccine mandates, among other things. Louis over its plan to provide $1 million for women to travel out of state for abortions. He sued China over the coronavirus school districts over mask mandates and the city of St. Schmitt, 47, has gained attention for lawsuits that critics contend are politically motivated. Greitens also drew criticism for a June campaign video showing him brandishing a shotgun and declaring he’s hunting RINOs, or Republicans in name only.
In another, she accused him of pushing her to the ground. She cited one instance where he allegedly slapped their then-3-year-old son’s face and yanked him by the hair. Greitens has denied the abuse allegations from his ex-wife that she made in an affidavit in a child custody case. That was dropped when he resigned in June 2018 after the Missouri House began an impeachment investigation. He faced a second charge accusing him of illegally using a donor list from a charity he founded to raise money for his campaign. Greitens, 48, says he was the victim of a political hit. That charge was dropped months later amid allegations that the chief investigator and local prosecutor mishandled the investigation. He was subsequently charged with felony invasion of privacy for allegedly taking a nude photo of the woman and using it to keep her quiet.
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Greitens, a former Navy SEAL officer and Rhodes scholar, had been governor for a year when in January 2018 he confirmed a TV report about a 2015 extramarital affair. Voter Richard Greenup, a 66-year-old computer programmer from Columbia, said he wants “somebody that’s going to support Trump” and that he chose Schmitt over Greitens because, “good or bad, Schmitt, I don’t think, has that baggage.” “I trust the Great People of Missouri, on this one, to make up their own minds, much as they did when they gave me landslide victories in the 20 Elections, and I am therefore proud to announce that ERIC has my Complete and Total Endorsement!” Trump wrote. Comedian and Navy veteran Eric McElroy was also on the ballot in the GOP primary. On Monday, former President Donald Trump expressed support for “ERIC,” presumably meaning either Schmitt or Greitens, without picking between them. “I like all of his positions on draining the swamp,” Durham said. Voter Darrel Durham, a 63-year-old heavy equipment operator from Columbia, said he thinks Schmitt can bring a new voice to Washington. Billy Long and Mark McCloskey, who gained notoriety in 2020 when he and his wife pointed guns at racial injustice protesters outside their home. Schmitt defeated a field that also included Hartzler, U.S. Louis suburb to “go home with strength and pride.”
Greitens told a downcast crowd in another St. “I’m proud of my working-class roots, and I’m going to Washington to fight for working families, defeating socialism, and leading the fight to save America,” Schmitt said in his victory speech in suburban St. Vicky Hartzler and Greitens - combined, turning what was expected to be a tight race into a blowout. With nearly 90% of results in, Schmitt had more votes than his nearest two competitors - U.S. Both also face a challenge from a well-funded independent, John Wood, who has the financial backing of former Sen. In November, Schmitt will be opposed by Anheuser-Busch beer heiress Trudy Busch Valentine, who defeated Marine veteran Lucas Kunce and nine others in the Democratic primary. Eric Greitens might win the primary and jeopardize what should be a reliably red seat in November. Senate on Tuesday with surprising ease, ending months of worry among GOP leaders that scandal-scarred former Gov. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt won the Republican primary for U.S.