Peter Schmidt in most elections would have become an elected Councilman in Wisconsin, as he won the red-safe primary, But then something ‘popped up.”
Those wacky Republicans let the incident in 2019 slide by when the young want-to-be Councilman strangled a staffer.
Schmidt later told the officer he held the victim “in place by his neck but didn’t choke him out.” Either way, he was arrested and later charged with Disorderly Conduct (a misdemeanor) and Strangulation and Suffocation (a felony). He was eventually sentenced to two years of probation, had to take anger management classes, underwent a psychological assessment, and ordered to write an apology letter to the victim.
You know the GOP….when did such incidents stop their future goals?
But wait there is more…. he stepped on the gay landmine.
After this event his GOP overlords stayed silent. Why?
“We didn’t take action before because, to be honest with you, we did not believe he was going to win,” [Shawano GOP Chair Richard Kucksdorf] said, referring to Schmidt.
The man was openly phobic, but at the same time he had a partner and had many hook-ups, and his dude was trying to blackmail him with a recording so Pete went to the police to press charges…
According to that incident report, also obtained by OnlySky, Schmidt admitted the recording was real. He said he had been “in a relationship” with another man who worked on the Schmidt Ponderosa Farm, and that the tape in question depicted one of their “many” hookups.
This was eventually dropped because there was no way to tell where the blackmail notices were coming from.
This stinks like Trump’s orange colored tan. Being gay should not be a wedge issue. It should be no ones deal but the person himself. At the same time why the heck is this guy running as the party of hate candidate?