Hawley says Greitens should drop out of Senate race amid abuse allegations
By Kelsey Carolan - 03/21/22 04:22 PM EDT
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) on Monday said Missouri GOP Senate candidate and former governor Eric Greitens should drop out of the race after his ex-wife accused him of abusing her and and their children while they were married.
“If you hit a woman or a child, you belong in handcuffs, not the United States Senate,” Hawley tweeted. “It’s time for Eric Greitens to leave this race.”
In court documents made public Monday, Greitens’s ex-wife accused him of knocking her down, taking away her phone and keys, physically abusing their children and threatening suicide if she did not publicly support him during the scandal that led him to resign as Missouri governor.
He resigned in 2018 over claims he sexually assaulted and blackmailed his hairdresser. He insisted that their interactions were consensual, but a state legislative investigation deemed the allegations of abuse credible.
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