GOP Wyoming state Sen. Anthony Bouchard, who is challenging Rep. Liz Cheney for the state’s lone House seat, released a video on Friday saying he impregnated his 14-year-old girlfriend when he was 18 years old and living in Florida:
Liz Cheney primary challenger impregnated 14-year-old when he was 18 https://t.co/mlaD5oOyuF
— Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) May 21, 2021
He said in the video that an opposition research firm was looking into the story and he wanted to get ahead of it:
Cheney's primary challenger said that he decided to open up about the pregnancy and marriage after he found out that a political opposition research firm had begun looking into the matter.
— Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) May 21, 2021
In the video, he said “it like the Romeo and Juliet story”:
A House GOP candidate in Wyoming says he impregnated a 14 y/o when he was 18.
“She was a little younger than me, so it's like the Romeo and Juliet story."https://t.co/KZNKD5TzH7
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) May 21, 2021
The two got married but then divorced and the woman committed suicide when she was 20:
She committed suicide when she was 20.
This story is tragic, and nothing like Romeo & Juliet. https://t.co/31xDxlFNy3— Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) May 21, 2021
From the Wyoming Star Tribune:
Bouchard told the Star-Tribune he married the girl when she was 15 and he was 19. At the time, they were both living in Florida.
The two were legally able to get married at the time because Florida law stated that people could marry at any age with a judge’s approval if a pregnancy was involved and a parent consented. They got divorced approximately three years later.
If this is any indication, the race is going to be UGLY:
"They'll come after you. That's why good people don't run for office." — Wyoming state Sen. Anthony Bouchard, one of the candidates seeking to oust Rep. Liz Cheney, on having impregnated a 14-year-old when he was 18.https://t.co/uyH9L2Hc2W
— Jonathan Allen (@jonallendc) May 21, 2021
There is a pro-life message in here and it may not hurt Bouchard as much as people think it will hurt Bouchard:
The takeaway for most Republicans, myself included, will be that he married her and they kept the baby.
— David Marcus (@BlueBoxDave) May 21, 2021
And this:
Seniors have sex with freshmen in high school. It’s not advisable, but it’s not some huge scandal.
— David Marcus (@BlueBoxDave) May 21, 2021
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