Show-Me Republican Candidates FINALLY Ready To Denounce Eric Greitens

Apropos for #TBT . . .

Remember when the GOP didn't REALLY speak out against nasty allegations target the former Guv who resigned in disgrace.

Now . . .

MISSOURI GOP LEADERS & CANDIDATES CALL ERIC GREITENS A CREEPER IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS!!!

Time may not heal all wounds, but in politics it's often good for a laugh.

Here's a hot take, with our highlight, worth a peek . . .

National Republicans have worried that if Greitens wins the nomination, he'd put the seat at risk in a general election.

When asked how the Greitens of today is different to Missouri voters than he was in 2018, he wasn't specific Tuesday and instead said he'd seen "the enemy," pointing to Antifa, Black Lives Matter, the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's office's prosecution of his case, liberal philanthropist George Soros, the mainstream media and Republican establishment leaders. Greitens claimed he'd been exonerated from the 2018 investigation.

Greitens also described Tuesday as a "joyous" day, saying "God hands you pain that you don't want, and there's wisdom on the other side."

But his Republican primary competitors are already trading jabs and casting doubt.

"It’s not conservative if you tie a woman up in your basement and assault her and to bring shame and disgrace on our state, and he did," said U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler, now running for the open Senate seat. "Missouri deserves better."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Missouri US Senate candidates quick to attack Eric Greitens as 2022 filing opens

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The crowded GOP primary for the U.S. Senate race has largely played out thus far on social media, gatherings at party functions, and on the fundraising circuit. But on Tuesday, candidates passed through the James C. Kirkpatrick State Information Center in Jefferson City to officially enter the race to succeed Roy Blunt in Washington, D.C.