Republican Values, Home Front Edition (UPDATED)

Those wacky Republicans and their "family values"!  How ya doin' ardent Trump sycophant Falwell?

Jerry Falwell Jr., suspended as president of Virginia’s Christian-focused Liberty University after a string of embarrassing acts, today said that he has suffered depression caused by a former family friend who had an affair with his wife and has been threatening to expose it.

In a statement exclusively to Secrets, Falwell revealed his wife Becki’s affair for the first time, said it was short lived and that the two reconciled quickly.

But, they claimed, her former lover has threatened them over the past several years and they are done with it hanging over their heads.

“I’m just tired of it,” said Falwell of the anxiety he’s felt about the affair becoming public and embarrassing his family and Liberty. “It’s just got to end,” he added.

Yes, we think the "end" is in sight for you, pharisee Falwell.

Josh Marshall thinks they're trying to get out ahead of something bigger:

Revealing. Falwell admits/claims(?) wife had affair with pool boy. And gives the story to one the hackiest/pro-Trump journos out there. Seems clear they’re trying to get of some much bigger story. https://t.co/EN9hG8k1VV

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 24, 2020

 

More affairs?  Threesomes?  Swinging?  Bestiality?  Coprophagia?  Is it irresponsible to speculate?  It's irresponsible not to!

Meanwhile, a rat is jumping ship:

Kellyanne Conway, one of President Donald Trump’s longest-serving advisers and a stalwart defender of his administration, will leave the White House at the end of the month.

Conway, who serves as a senior adviser, said she made the decision in partnership with her husband to focus on their family. The Washington Post first reported the news on Sunday evening.

“We disagree about plenty,” she said in a statement. “But we are united on what matters most: the kids.”

Conway’s husband, the conservative lawyer George Conway, is also taking a hiatus from his role at the Lincoln Project. George Conway is a vocal critic of the president and the Lincoln Project has been working to unseat Trump during the November election.

To be fair, prompting this sudden move is their 15- year- old daughter Claudia's decision to seek emancipation from her parents.  She seems like a person with good values, so we wish her well.

BONUS:  

“Marriage is between one man and one woman. And a really hot pool boy.”

— Jerry Falwell, Jr.

— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) August 24, 2020

 

UPDATE: It appears that the "short lived" affair between Becki Falwell and the pool attendant went on for seven years, and involved Jerry Falwell watching as the two went at it:

In a claim likely to intensify the controversy surrounding one of the most influential figures in the American Christian conservative movement, a business partner of Jerry Falwell Jr has come forward to say he had a years-long sexual relationship involving Falwell’s wife and the evangelical leader.

Giancarlo Granda says he was 20 when he met Jerry and Becki Falwell while working as a pool attendant at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel in March 2012. Starting that month and continuing into 2018, Granda told Reuters that the relationship involved him having sex with Becki Falwell while Jerry Falwell looked on.

UPDATE II:  There's a Falwell- Michael Cohen- Trump connection here that has all the hallmarks of another shakedown.

(photo: Threesome, anyone?)