# @thekansascitystar on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CghHcjdBYOP
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19116154-thekansascitystar-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-07-27T13:30:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kansas City Star (@thekansascitystar) — https://gondola.cc/thekansascitystar

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When Eric Greitens was inducted as Missouri’s governor, he was a rising political star and potential future president. But less than two years into his term, he quit because he was about to be fired by his own party.

Then he went dark.

He surrounded himself with people who, like him, believed he’d been the victim of a dirty political trick, one that had torn everything out from under him because he was fighting for the people of Missouri.

For the longest time, Greitens had the veneer of a man incapable of failure. People told stories about his perfectionism and his high expectations. But underneath the success was a powerful man with a seeming unwillingness to respect boundaries — the boundaries of campaign law, the boundaries of the woman with whom he had an affair. The veneer had slipped off.

Now, Greitens is attempting to push his way to the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, as old scandals resurface and new ones unfold. While late polls show Greitens may be fading, his effort could serve as a test for whether scandals still matter in American politics— and whether there’s a path to victory for a scandal-plagued and unapologetic former president in 2024.

The Star’s reporting shows that if Greitens learned any lessons in his time out of the public eye, it appears he learned just one — deny. Deny forcefully.

Read more at the link in our bio. ✏️ Daniel Desrochers

#USSenate #Missouri #MOpolitics #EricGreitens #MidtermElections

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mopolitics, ussenate, missouri, ericgreitens, midtermelections

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