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Greitens RINO video spurred threats to family, lawyer says

Sheena Greitens, the ex-wife of former Missouri Gov. and U.S. Senate candidate Eric Greitens, waits for a child-custody court hearing to begin on Thursday, June 23, 2022, at the Boone County Courthouse in Columbia, Mo. An attorney for Sheena Greitens said her client had received threats after a Senate campaign ad for Eric Greitens depicted him with a gun hunting "RINOs," or Republicans in Name Only. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb) Gary Stamper, an attorney for U.S. Senate candidate and former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, responds to concerns about threats made by the public against Greitens' ex-wife, Sheena Greitens, during a child-custody hearing on Thursday, June 23, 2022, at the Boone County Courthouse in Columbia, Mo. An attorney for Sheena Greitens said the threats occurred after Eric Greitens released a campaign video depicting him with a gun hunting "RINOs," or Republicans in Name Only. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb) Sheena Greitens, center, the ex-wife of former Missouri Gov. and U.S. Senate candidate Eric Greitens, rises at the beginning of a court session in a child custody case on Thursday, June 23, 2022, at the Boone County Courthouse in Columbia, Mo. An attorney for Sheena Greitens said her client had received threats after a Senate campaign ad for Eric Greitens depicted him with a gun hunting "RINOs," or Republicans in Name Only. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb) This image from video from a campaign ad by Eric Greitens for U.S. Senate, shows Greitens, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Missouri, in a campaign video ad that shows him brandishing a long gun and declaring that he's hunting RINOs, or Republicans In Name Only. The video was scraped off Facebook within a few hours Monday, June 20, 2022. It remains live, however, on YouTube, where it's been watched thousands of times. You can also still see the video on Twitter, but you can't retweet it. (Courtesy of Eric Greitens for U.S. Senate via AP) FILE - Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens speaks at the Taney County Lincoln Day event at the Chateau on the Lake in Branson, Mo., April 17, 2021. The video of Greitens, a GOP Missouri U.S. Senate candidate cocking a gun after calling for a hunt of fellow Republicans who he believes are “RINOs," or Republicans In Name Only was scraped off Facebook within a few hours Monday, June 20, 2022. It remains live, however, on YouTube. You can also still see the video on Twitter, but you can't retweet it. (Nathan Papes/The Springfield News-Leader via AP, File) This image from video from a campaign ad by Eric Greitens for U.S. Senate, shows Eric Greitens, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Missouri, in a campaign video ad that shows him brandishing a long gun and declaring that he's hunting RINOs, or Republicans In Name Only. (Eric Greitens for U.S. Senate via AP)
Greitens RINO video spurred threats to family, lawyer says