Facing scandal and slipping in poll, Gov. Greitens postpones tax cut tour

[TexasTowelie]

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, who has been engulfed in scandal after blackmail allegations, has postponed a string of events this week to promote his proposed tax cuts.

Greitens had been scheduled to tour businesses around the state, including stops Thursday in Riverside and St. Joseph, in an effort to build support for the plan that he promised in last week’s State of the State address would be “the boldest state tax reform in America.”

But an event page that previously listed six events now lists nothing.

The proposed tax cuts were intended to be Greitens’ main policy goal for his second year in office and one of the focal points of this year’s legislative session.

But within hours of making the speech, Greitens faced allegations that three years ago he took a nude photograph of a woman while she was blindfolded and bound in an effort to intimidate her from speaking about their extramarital affair.

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