Posted on 05/24/2021 6:00:13 PM PDT by conservative98
Sen. Anthony Bouchard, R-Cheyenne, fired back at one of his colleagues who publicly criticized him for his announcement last week that as an 18-year-old in the 1980s, he impregnated and then married a 14-year-old girl.
In his latest Facebook video, Bouchard attacked Major Floor Leader Sen. Ogden Driskill, R-Devils Tower, for his comments to the London Daily Mail newspaper.
“[Ogden Driskill] is the same guy that attacked me during my re-election, the same guy who jumped in with a whole host of people endorsing my opponent,” Bouchard said.
“He should be looking at all the stuff he’s done to line his pockets, all the things that benefit him as a senator,” Bouchard alleged without mentioning anything specific.
Driskill’s comments came in response to revelations that while living in Florida, Bouchard, then 18, had a relationship with and impregnated a 14-year-old girl. The two later married.
Driskill said the incident may force Bouchard to withdraw from his Republican primary challenge of U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney.
“The lack of transparency he has shown is terrible,” Driskill told the outlet. “I’m not sure he should be running for Congress.”
In his 14-minute Facebook video response, Bouchard called Driskill “scum” and attacked him for talking with the Daily Mail about something that happened nearly 40 years ago.
“Ogden Driskill could have stayed out of this fight,” he said.
Sen. Driskill told Cowboy State Daily that he spoke publicly about the senator because Bouchard’s revelation was so egregious.
“This isn’t the type of person I want in Congress to represent me,” Driskill said.
Calling Bouchard a “predator”, Driskill said there is a “huge difference” between a high school student dating a younger peer and a high school dropout who had a job and was “hanging out with 13 and 14-year-olds”.
“That was not acceptable back then,” he said. “In fact, where I’m from you took your life in your own hands if you went out to date junior high girls.”
Driskill said Bouchard’s “lack of character” should be enough to disqualify him in the eyes of voters for the congressional race. If not, Driskill said Bouchard’s legislative record says it all.
Of the 20 bills Bouchard has introduced none of them have become law, Driskill said.
“Bouchard bills are 0 – 20. True leadership,” he said sarcastically.
Bouchard’s announcement of the teenage relationship and subsequent marriage became international news on Thursday when he published the tell-all video on Facebook. He said he did it because a British news outlet was preparing to release a report about the incident.
Bouchard said the fact the incident had been revived was an example of “dirty politics” and framed the relationship as a teenage romance.
“So bottom line…two teenagers, girl gets pregnant, you’ve heard this story before,” Bouchard said in last week’s video. “She was younger than me. So it’s like the Romeo and Juliet story.”
That analogy did not set well with Kristen Schwartz, the executive director of Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, who called it “dangerous and wrong.”
“Laws exist to protect young people involved in these situations,” Schwartz told The Associated Press. “There’s a reason we have laws against sexual abuse of a minor and it’s because the brain of a 14-year-old is not developed enough to make mature decisions about sex and sexuality.”“
“Any language that would minimize things that are a crime is harmful. It’s harmful to survivors and it’s harmful to our greater community,” she added.
At the time, the two were able to marry because Florida law allowed marriage at any age if a pregnancy was involved and a parent consented. They were divorced about three years later, and the woman ultimately committed suicide in 1990.
Bouchard’s son, Tony Raymond Bouchard, is currently jailed at the Bob Wiley Detention Facility in Visalia, California, on multiple charges, including sodomy by use of force, sexual penetration by foreign object and false imprisonment by violence. He has been incarcerated since 2018, but hasn’t been officially convicted of the aforementioned charges.
Bouchard announced his run for Congress in January, not long after U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney voted to impeach former President Donald Trump
For some folks, it’s normal to have a lot of drama, multiple cliff hangers, unplanned and rather disturbing interactions with angry people any day of any week. An arrest or two every once in a while is also a Nothingburger for this kind of person. Many grew up in such environments.
This guy sounds like that type.
Bouchard needs to drop out and the Wyoming Republicans need to find a good Trump enthusiast to run and beat Cheney, and beat her by a large margin.
My parents are Greek Immigrants. My maternal Grandmother was married at 13 years old to a man 10 years her senior. She had my mother at 16. My maternal grandparents were married for all their lives and she gave birth to 8 children. They both died in the mid 90’s in their 90’s. No one ever questioned their marriage or the age at which they married. This to me appears to be nothing more than a smear campaign because they have nothing else to go after the man for. This is all they’ve got. If this is the only thing they have against the man in my opinion they’ve got nothing.
Fact check: True
Its almost as if the GOP picked this candidate to insure that Liz gets another term while giving the impression that they tried.
Take out Cheney. Whoever does it will have the seat indefinitely. Don’t make us fight for it. We have a long ways to go b4 the primary. Let him get himself out of this mess and let others choose whether or not to challenge him. When the dust settles let Trump decide. DON’T go to bat for him.
There is no way Trump will go anywhere near endorsing this loser, and you are NOT going to get rid of Cheney without Trump not only endorsing, but actively promoting the candidate.
Bouchard Impregnated a 14 year old. Not the other Senator.
My father was born in 1904 in Holland. My mother was born in 1920 in Canada. My Dad came to this country with his parents, and two brothers in 1912 when he was 8. My mother was maybe 3 or 4 when she, her brother, and their mother came to America. I believe my parents met because my grandmother rented rooms, or part of her house to my father, and his two brothers. My father was working on the NY Central Railroad as a laborer by that time. The day after my mother turned 16, in 1936, she and my father married. He was 32 years of age. My Grandmother loved my father, and knew he would take care of her only daughter. Their first child, a daughter, was born in 1940. The second daughter was born in 1942. My brother was born in 1944, and I was born in 1947. They had a good marriage. My mother always wished that they could have made it to 50 years. My father passed in 1978 at the age of 73. My mother passed in 1990 at the age of 69.
I never knew any of my grandparents. They'd all passed by the time I was born, and I always felt like I'd missed a lot by not knowing them. All my siblings are gone, so I'm the last one of my family.
THIS IS NOT WORTH DISCUSSING.
The GOPe *wants* it discussed. They want conversation to focus on something, ANYTHING other than erasing Cheney.
It’s personal. It’s not a discussion. She must be erased. Whatever it takes. Just forget this guy. He can try another time. Right now all that is needed is some squeaky clean someone to erase Cheney.
It’s about her removal. It’s not about ANYTHING else.
“[Ogden Driskill] is the same guy that attacked me during my re-election, the same guy who jumped in with a whole host of people endorsing my opponent... He should be looking at all the stuff he’s done to line his pockets, all the things that benefit him as a senator,” ...In his 14-minute Facebook video response, Bouchard called Driskill “scum” and attacked him for talking with the Daily Mail about something that happened nearly 40 years ago. “Ogden Driskill could have stayed out of this fight,” he said.
Bouchard’s son, Tony Raymond Bouchard, is currently jailed at the Bob Wiley Detention Facility in Visalia, California... He has been incarcerated since 2018, but hasn’t been officially convicted of the aforementioned charges.
However this situation happened in 1987. Huge difference.
What's the difference? No other 14 year old girl got impregnated by an 18 year old in 1987, or any other year since?
That sounds like a wonderful family history! Perhaps you should write it down for future generations and to preserve the memories.
Best to you mass55th.
This!
The info is all packed away in my genealogy files, and on my family tree program on my computer if anyone is interested. As far as future generations, neither of my sons, both in their 50's has children, which is fine with me. At least I don't have to worry about any grandchildren being indoctrinated to hate America. The only ones who might eventually be interested in our family history is my niece (my brother's only child), and perhaps one or two of her four kids. Most people don't get interested in their heritage until they get older anyway.
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