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eShirl

(20,393 posts)
Sat May 9, 2026, 09:51 AM Yesterday

R gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Bush "admits to violently attacking his first wife" (Daily Mail 2018)

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-5775305/George-W-Bushs-cousin-admits-attacking-wife-marriage.html
Court documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday reveal that Jonathan Bush, nephew of former President George H. W. Bush and cousin of former President George W. Bush, confessed to ‘numerous physical altercations’ with former wife Sarah Seldon including ‘repeatedly slamming his closed fist into her sternum [breastbone]… just inches from their baby’.

The details of Bush’s domestic abuse were filed with the Massachusetts family court during a 2006 custody battle over the couple’s five children. The former Mrs Bush alleged that Mr Bush had ‘struck her on numerous occasions, once causing a black eye’.

A second submission claims that Bush’s behaviour had become ‘more and more aggressive and hostile’.

It says that he had ‘screamed at her, directly into her face, calling her a “whore”… while pushing her into the wall and repeatedly slamming his closed fist into her sternum, his hand landing just inches from their baby who was crying. The wife testified that she was very afraid for her own safety and that of the child in her arms.’

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not that I would have considered voting for him anyway, but jeezum crow

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R gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Bush "admits to violently attacking his first wife" (Daily Mail 2018) (Original Post) eShirl Yesterday OP
Misogyny is the defining characteristic of Republicans Walleye Yesterday #1
Yep, he's locked up the Republican vote. dem4decades 23 hrs ago #4
Is he running for governor now? Ritabert Yesterday #2
He should be running for cover. yorkster Yesterday #3
You'd think his past would disqualify him. Ritabert 23 hrs ago #6
he's been running TV ads to that effect eShirl 23 hrs ago #5
Yikes. Ritabert 23 hrs ago #7
he was in the republican candidates debate recently eShirl 19 hrs ago #10
Oh brother! He looks like a typical Bush liar. Ritabert 19 hrs ago #11
I guess maga can't be embarrassed Submariner 21 hrs ago #8
For a Democrat? Disqualifying. bigtime 21 hrs ago #9
Keeping the little woman in her place. Sounds like a Republican. Ritabert 19 hrs ago #12
He fits in perfectly with Republicans. SamuelAdams 18 hrs ago #13
I mean, if a rapist can be president why can't a wife-beater be governor? eShirl 2 hrs ago #14

Walleye

(45,331 posts)
1. Misogyny is the defining characteristic of Republicans
Sat May 9, 2026, 10:07 AM
Yesterday

They hate women and it’s obvious

yorkster

(3,938 posts)
3. He should be running for cover.
Sat May 9, 2026, 10:29 AM
Yesterday

How the hell did he get this far into campaign season?!

eShirl

(20,393 posts)
10. he was in the republican candidates debate recently
Sat May 9, 2026, 03:08 PM
19 hrs ago

right around 7:40 in this video

Submariner

(13,422 posts)
8. I guess maga can't be embarrassed
Sat May 9, 2026, 12:42 PM
21 hrs ago

How can anyone picture themself as appealing to the voting public with wife beating details like that following him around FOREVER. It's just dumb.

He should change his name and get a job cleaning bilges in ships always at sea to never be heard from again. His poor kids. What scum.

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