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BREAKING: Egomaniacal Florida Dem. Senate Candidate Implodes
Topic Started: Jul 27 2016, 05:37 AM (31 Views)
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Grayson's ex-wife claimed domestic abuse over two decades

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Rep. Alan Grayson's ex-wife repeatedly went to police with accusations of domestic abuse over a two-decade period, according to documents she has provided to POLITICO, revelations that come as the Florida congressman enters the final weeks of his Democratic primary campaign for Senate.
Lolita Grayson called police on her husband at least two times in Virginia and two more times in Florida, sought medical attention on at least two occasions and said that, in one instance, he had threatened to kill her, according to a police report.

The congressman, who asserted Lolita Grayson battered him in 2014, vehemently denies he engaged in any abuse during their 25-year marriage, which ended last year in a bitter annulment that she is now appealing.

The first reported incident described by the documents was in 1994; the final one was in 2014. Lolita Grayson also called Orange County sheriff’s deputies in 2005 to lodge another abuse complaint, but prosecutors filed no charges in that incident or any of the others. Only the 2014 incident has been previously reported.

“I want the people to know my story so they know what kind of man Alan Grayson really is,” Lolita Grayson, 56, said in an email to POLITICO, her first public comments on the issue. She provided police and medical records related to 1994 and 1999 incidents in Fairfax County in Virginia, and sheriff’s reports concerning 2005 and 2014 incidents in Orange County, Florida.

“I requested the medical records and police records so people could read what doctors and police officers wrote,” she stated. “I read many of these records for the first time. These are very painful memories and horrible experiences.”


The above story broke early afternoon, and Politico published a second piece later in the evening--

Grayson implodes...
The fallout from a POLITICO story on domestic violence allegations was immediate and severe.


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The fallout could have the effect of drying up hard-to-come-by cash for the struggling campaign, just as vote-by-mail ballots are about to go out for Florida’s Aug. 30 primary. The candidate has already seen one set of campaign staffers quit en masse, and he has been dogged by an ethics investigation into his ownership of a Cayman Islands hedge fund and ties to slave labor in Africa.

“Unfortunately, this deeply disappointing revelation means progressives have no great options in the Florida race for Senate," Democracy for America and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee said in a written statement that announced they were pulling their endorsements.

Revolution Messaging, the progressive digital consulting firm that powered Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' insurgent presidential campaign, has dropped Grayson as a client and isn't allowing him use of its email technology, potentially a major blow to a candidate who has relied on small-dollar donations.

The Communications Workers of America, a union that also endorsed Grayson, said it will need to examine what happened before deciding whether to pull its endorsement. We are just learning about this and are looking into the allegations. We'll decide next steps over the next couple of days,” said CWA spokeswoman Candice Johnson.

Grayson’s campaign finance reports indicated he was struggling. He reported having raised a paltry $55,000 and had $484,371 on hand at the end of the second quarter. He reported spending no money over a three-month period, an impossibility; when POLITICO raised the issue, his campaign said the report was in error and that it would file a new one. Grayson’s campaign then said it raised about $1 million and had $400,000 banked.

Grayson’s Democratic primary opponent, Rep. Patrick Murphy, raised $2.4 million and has $7.2 million on hand.

Grayson’s fundraising woes are partly the result of his poor relations with members of the Democratic establishment, many of whom have raised concerns about his temperament. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and President Barack Obama have lined up behind Murphy.

After these recent revelations, Democrats say more leaders might join with Reid, who previously called on Grayson to quit the race. “Sen. Reid didn't think his opinion of Grayson could get any lower, but it has,” a spokeswoman for Reid said.

Grayson added fuel to the fire on Tuesday when he attended a POLITICO event during the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia at which he refused to answer questions and then falsely accused POLITICO reporter Edward-Isaac Dovere of pushing him. Grayson then threatened to have Dovere arrested.
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