Republican Senate candidate Eric Greitens gets ripped to pieces

Bill Palmer | 10:13 pm EDT March 22, 2021

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Now that Missouri Senator Roy Blunt has announced he’s retiring in 2022 instead of seeking reelection, both parties are looking for suitable candidates. Republican Eric Greitens has just announced he’s entering the race, but as it turns out, he’s anything but suitable.

Eric Greitens’ campaign announcement didn’t exactly go over well:

I once thought I knew Eric Greitens. He was a veterans advocate then.

In 2015, as MO was transforming politically, Eric went from liberal Dem to ultra-conservative Republican over night.

It seems the only belief he actually holds is that the ends always justify the means.

— Jason Kander (@JasonKander) March 23, 2021

You may remember Eric Greitens from a blackmail scandal where his hairdresser testified under oath that he coerced her into performing oral sex and took photos of her naked & blindfolded to use as blackmail if she ever told anyone what he did.

Good luck on the campaign, shitbag. https://t.co/iJw5bRKyau

— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) March 23, 2021

Sounds like the Republicans have a real piece of work on their hands with Eric Greitens. Then again, these days most Republican candidates are real pieces of work. Now it’s on the Democrats to find a candidate who can win this Senate race in the red state of Missouri.

Bill Palmer

Bill Palmer is the publisher of the political news outlet Palmer Report