Will Scharf, who has twice prevailed at the Supreme Court as advocate for Donald Trump, has my complete and unwavering support for Attorney General of Missouri on August 6 and November 5.
I realize that many of us on the right get a kick out of the lawsuits filed by Andrew Bailey, appointed to fill out the term of now Senator Eric Schmidt. I realize most citizens don’t scrutinize those suits for their probability of success. I also don’t expect most voters to weigh the full merits of Bailey’s term as Missouri AG. If you look into it, Bailey has been a net negative for the state. We will cover some of the details below.
What’s more important than Bailey’s sketchy past is Missouri’s future.
Missouri is deep red state that’s governed like Connecticut. We suck up more federal dollars than any state in the union—tax dollars that come with chains of iron to do the will of the administrative state in Washington. Meanwhile, the Deep State is working overtime to erase all state authority. They want to take away Missourians’ rights to life, liberty, and property, making our state offices mere regional administrative centers of the Washington (or Brussels) overlords.
If Missourians want to keep their freedom of speech, worship, and weapons, they damn well better have a governor and attorney general who, not only believes in such liberty, but have track records of prevailing in fights with the feds. I’ve already endorsed Bill Eigel for Governor on these grounds, but the governor cannot protect you without an allied Attorney General who knows how to win in the federal court system.
Will Scharf is simply the ablest federal lawyer in the United States today. He protected Trump when numerous states sought ban his name from ballots. And just a few weeks ago, he won Trump’s against Jack Smith on presidential immunity, successfully arguing that the president must be protected in his official acts just as members of Congress and judges are protected in their official acts.
No, these cases were not as sexy as some of the click-bait cases Bailey has filed. But they were vitally important to your right to vote the candidate of your choice. And, unlike most of Bailey’s suits, Will Scharf wins time and time again.
As a federal prosecutor, Will Scharf had a 100% conviction rate trying actual criminals—drug dealers, terrorist, murderers, and frauds. He knows the federal judicial process better than the judges he argues before. He knows when and how to sue the government and how to win when he does.
While I appreciate Bailey’s ability to garner headlines as much as the next guy, Bailey’s results have been abysmal. He files suits likely to be dismissed for lack of standing just to get a “hrumph” from conservative voters. In the meantime, his inept handling of suits against our state have taxpayers $28 million in just two years.
Let's take a look at Andrew Bailey's record in cases that reached the Supreme Court while he was AG. It's not good.
1. Freedom of speech. Bailey called the case he inherited against Biden's social media censorship the "most important First Amendment case in this nation's history." Bailey lost, 6-3.
2. Second Amendment Preservation Act. After losing at the Eighth Circuit, Bailey asked the Supreme Court to let SAPA stay in effect. Bailey lost, 8-1.
3. Abortion. Bailey moved to intervene in the case challenging the FDA's approval of the abortion drug. Bailey lost, 9-0.
4. Freedom of religion. Bailey asked the Court to hear a case involving the religious beliefs of jurors. Bailey lost, 9-0. Justice Alito noted that Bailey raised the wrong constitutional argument.
5. Climate change. Bailey asked the Court to hear a case challenging Biden's use of climate change calculations in regulations. Bailey lost, 9-0.
6. Unions. Bailey asked the Court for more time to challenge a lower court order requiring Missouri to restart union dues deductions without an opt-in. Bailey let the deadline expire without ever filing the appeal. In February 2024, Bailey paid the union attorneys $57,000 for losing the case.
7. State criminal law. While Fani Willis was prosecuting President Trump in Georgia, Bailey filed an amicus brief arguing the Court should respect Georgia's chosen criminal procedures and not impose its own policies on state criminal courts. The Court ruled 9-0 that it did not need to reach Bailey's arguments.
With election day approaching, Bailey contradicted his amicus brief arguments in his recent lawsuit against New York.
Every day that Bailey remains in office, Missourians like you and me get poorer and less free. It’s not that Bailey’s heart is not in the right place; it’s that he’s in way over his head.
Let’s look, now, at Will Scharf’s life of conservative legal winning:
Federal Courts. Will Scharf is a career federal court lawyer. He has prevailed in numerous cases before the Supreme Court and inferior courts. Scharf knows the federal landscape like no other AG candidate in the country.
Government. Will Scharf led the Senate confirmation fights for Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.
Criminal Prosecution: As a criminal prosecutor for DOJ’s Eastern Missouri division, Scharf put over 100 horrible criminals in prison.
Vision (from Scharf’s website: “Scharf's vision for Missouri is clear: to push back against the encroachment of the radical woke left and the overreach of the federal government. He believes that now, more than ever, Missourians need leaders who will boldly confront these challenges and defend conservative principles without compromise.
On 25 July, I had the pleasure of seeing Will Scharf in action at the Franklin County Republican candidate forum at Triple 3 Vineyards. Will spoke last. It was a long night. But Scharf’s incredible prosecution of his case to be Missouri’s next Attorney General brought the crowd to its feet.
The previously polite crowd turned into a Trump rally with shouts, whistles, and spontaneous chants of “Scharf! Scharf! Scharf!” I was so jacked up by the end, I couldn’t get to sleep for hours.
Will Scharf for AG dazzles crowd at Franklin County Republican candidate forum, 25 July 2024 at Triple 3 Vineyards, Franklin County, Missouri
I tweeted last night:
If you want to thump your chest while your rights are sucked down the drain, keep AG Bailey.
But if you want to live free in a state that’s safe from violent criminals and tyrannical Washington oligarchs, you have no choice to elect Will Scharf Attorney General on August 6 and November 5.
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