04-22-2021, 12:31 PM
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/us/politics/rick-roeber-missouri-children.html
The vote was 153-0.
“After hearing testimony from his family and reviewing hundreds of pages of documents, the Missouri House Ethics Committee wrote a report finding that the lawmaker, Rick Roeber, ... once “drowned a litter of puppies in a nearby pond.”
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“Mr. Roeber [a Republican] also said that his children’s testimony was part of a “political hit” and that his children were Democrats, and agreed he was implying that “Democrats would accuse their fathers” of such abuse for political reasons.”
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In addition, he physically and sexually abused his children.
The vote was 153-0.
“After hearing testimony from his family and reviewing hundreds of pages of documents, the Missouri House Ethics Committee wrote a report finding that the lawmaker, Rick Roeber, ... once “drowned a litter of puppies in a nearby pond.”
>>>
“Mr. Roeber [a Republican] also said that his children’s testimony was part of a “political hit” and that his children were Democrats, and agreed he was implying that “Democrats would accuse their fathers” of such abuse for political reasons.”
>>>
In addition, he physically and sexually abused his children.
