March 29, 2022
Chris Simcox
Today's award for conservative Republican barf bag goes to Chris Simcox, briefly a Republican candidate for one Arizona senate seat. The story is dated, 2016, but conservative malignance is timeless. His first appearance in the news was in 2004 when he formed The Minuteman Project intended to take vigilante action against people crossing the southern border. The former Border Operations Manager of The Minuteman Project, Shawna Forde, was convicted of double murder after leaving it to form a splinter group. That's not on Simcox, but it does speak to the nature of the group he founded. Only the best people, the Committee guesses.
The other organization Simcox headed, the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, was co-founded by J. T. Ready, a neo-Nazi who killed four before taking his own life. Too bad he didn't do it in reverse order. That's also not on Simcox, but birds of a feather flock together.
On April 16, 2010, Simcox's third wife was granted an order of protection after she alleged that he "brandished a gun and threatened to shoot her, their children and any police officers who tried to protect them."
On June 19, 2013, Simcox was arrested by the Phoenix Police Department on multiple counts related to child molestation and sexual conduct with a minor. The arrest took place in Phoenix, Arizona and involved three girls under the age of 10 years, one of which was his own daughter. He was charged with two counts of child molestation, two counts of sexual conduct with a minor, and one of the attempted molestations of a child. Simcox rejected a plea deal on November 21, 2014, maintaining his innocence. His trial was set for March 2, 2015, and Simcox sought to represent himself. But he failed to appear in court on his trial date, citing a medical condition. A new trial was set for April 4, 2016. He had planned to act as his own attorney and intended to cross examine his accusers, but on March 22, he waived his rights to question his accusers and allowed his attorney to question them. On June 8, he was found guilty of molesting a five-year-old girl. On July 11, Chris Simcox was sentenced to 19.5 years in prison.
So, yeah. Another conservative barf bag.
Never ever underestimate the malignance of conservatives.