Missouri governor seeks path forward after affair admission
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens appeared to remain in the good graces of some Republicans Friday as he sought forgiveness and a political path forward following his admission of an extramarital affair.
Though expressing disappointment about the affair and concern about some of the more lurid allegations that Greitens has denied, some Republican voters and party officials said their support for Greitens had not been shaken.
Vince Harris, from the small town of Trenton, northeast of Kansas City, took to Greitens’ Facebook page to defend him against commenters who labeled the governor a hypocrite for campaigning on family values in 2016 though he had cheated on his wife in 2015.
To say public officials should be held to a higher standard is “a little bit silly,” Harris told The Associated Press.