Gretens was forced to resign as governor of Missouri in 2018, a move that came after allegations that he was involved in an extramarital affair in which the woman claimed he had physically abused and threatened her. Gretens’s resignation was part of a deal with a St. Louis prosecutor to drop a felony charge alleging he misused a list of charitable donors to raise money for his 2016 governorship campaign. of herself and their young son. Greitens denied any wrongdoing. Greitens, a former Navy SEAL, opens the ad by saying he “goes RINO hunting”. “RINO” is an abbreviation for “Republican in name only,” a phrase sometimes used by hardline Republicans for those they consider insufficiently conservative. “I’m Eric Greitens, Navy SEAL. And today, we’re going to hunt RINO,” Greitens says in the ad, preparing his weapon. Missouri GOP candidate Eric Gretens in a still image from an ad he goes to “Chasing” political opponents. Greitens for the US Senate “RINO feeds on corruption and is characterized by the stripes of cowardice,” the candidate continued, as the video shows him and the men with combat equipment entering the front door of a house by force, with weapons on hand. “Join the MAGA crew. Get a RINO hunting license. There is no baggage limit, it does not expire until we save our country,” concludes Greitens. The ad was paid for by the Greitens campaign. Meta, formerly Facebook, removed the ad while Twitter went on to hit it with a warning tag. “This tweet violated Twitter’s rules regarding abusive behavior,” the Twitter tag reads. “However, Twitter has decided that it may be in the public interest to keep the tweet accessible.” The Missouri Brotherhood of Police has issued a statement condemning the ad, saying: “This deplorable video has no place in our political system and sends a dangerous message that it is somehow acceptable to kill people with different political beliefs.” The Missouri FOP issued a statement denouncing @EricGreitens’s “RINO hunt” ad. #straw #straw pic.twitter.com/44zkkIfjm7 – Jason Hancock (@J_Hancock) June 20, 2022 Another Missouri lawmaker, Dave Sutts, called the ad “completely irresponsible.” “This is completely irresponsible,” Sats said. “That’s why I’m running. It’s time to dump her and move on. This Missouri’s worth it.” Some of Greitens’s opponents in the GOP had already called on him to leave the race due to earlier allegations. In a 2018 report by a Missouri research committee, the former Gretens hairdresser testified that Gretens started having a physically aggressive and unwanted sex affair with her and threatened to share a partially nude photo of herself if she spoke openly. The woman claimed that Gretens slapped, grabbed her, hit her and pushed her into a series of meetings as she prepared to run. Gretens claimed that there was no violence and described the case as “consensual”. The governor of Missouri resigns but does not admit the wrongdoing 02:20 Since then, Greitens’s ex-wife has claimed in court documents that she abused her and their young son while they were married, including her falling and pulling their then 3-year-old son by the hair. Sheena Greitens made the allegations during a child custody dispute. Eric Greitens described the allegations as fabricated at the time. The Missouri Republican primary is set for Aug. 2.

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Kathryn Watson is a political reporter for CBS News Digital based in Washington, DC