04/12/22
State Senator Jeff Kruse of Oregon
Today’s winner of the Conservative Barf Bag Award goes to Republican State Senator Jeff Kruse of Oregon. He has achieved the conservative trifecta for denigrating women, minorities, and workers.
He was forced to resign after allegations from multiple women for groping them, “prolonged hugging”, and initiating unwanted touching. Interns – Annie Montgomery, 31, and Adrianna Martin-Wyatt, 26 – both worked in Kruse’s office in 2017 before he was forced to resign from his position over harassment allegations. They have initiated a lawsuit against Kruse and the Republican leadership. Montgomery said Kruse called her “sexy” several times and would refer to her as “my baby lawyer.” And “There’d be a policy discussion about a bill, to include me he would say ‘and what about you little girl, what do you think?’” But no one said anything, and Montgomery felt she couldn’t either.
Then after the State Board of Education required schools to rid themselves of mascots that insulted local tribes, Kruse authored a bill that loosened those requirements. In defending his bill, Kruse asked: "do we change the entire world for the small few [sic]?”
And he voted to prevent an increase in the minimum wage.
So, yeah, another conservative barf bag. Oh, and what would possess a person to name two of his children Gusty and Breezy. Really?
Never ever underestimate the malignance of conservatives.