Former GOP Candidate Charged with Assault and Providing Alcohol to Minors
Clarice Schillinger, known for her conservative activism in school boards, faces charges after a violent incident at a party she hosted for her teenage daughter.
- Clarice Schillinger, a former GOP candidate for Pennsylvania lieutenant governor and leader of a political action committee, has been charged with assault, harassment, and providing alcohol to minors after allegedly punching a teenager at a party she hosted for her 17-year-old daughter.
- Schillinger allegedly supplied the minors at the party with a basement bar stocked with vodka and rum, played beer pong with them, and encouraged them to take shots with her.
- Schillinger's boyfriend and mother were also involved in the assaults, according to the police affidavit.
- Schillinger rose to prominence amid a conservative movement opposed to pandemic safety measures and accusing the public education system of indoctrinating students with liberal ideals.
- This is not the first time police had been dispatched to Schillinger's home for an alleged underage drinking party.
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