David P Rhodes II✓
@DavidPRhodnany
Joined October 2026
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In our Missouri schools, teachers will do their job. Our children will learn. They will grow up respectful and cherishing of their communities. Very powerful. This downhill slide will stop.
Thirty-two percent, four hundred nine thousand kids in single-parent homes — KIDS COUNT twenty twenty-five Data Book, census data.
Thirteen thousand in foster care — same book.
Four times poverty risk — AFPI Missouri fact sheet.
Two hundred twenty-five thousand in poverty — AFPI.
Two hundred seventy thousand child support cases — Missouri Department of Social Services, August twenty twenty-six
On fatherless homes. Thirty-two percent of Missouri kids — four hundred nine thousand children — live in single-parent homes. Thirteen thousand are in foster care with neither parent. Kids without a father at home are four times more likely to live in poverty, and two hundred twenty-five thousand Missouri children already do. The state tracks two hundred seventy thousand active child support cases — two hundred seventy thousand fathers managed by a system instead of raising their kids. Missouri doesn’t need more programs to replace fathers. It needs to stop making it impossible for them to come home. David Rhodes for governor twenty twenty-eight.
On skills. Kehoe signed SB 150 creating free career-tech certificates starting the twenty twenty-six twenty-seven school year. It covers tuition, books, and fees for high-demand fields. Tech schools are the key, not college. They keep young people out of debt and get them good jobs. But his higher-ed budget kept funding flat, and State Technical College got less than the House wanted. Meanwhile ninety percent of Missouri contractors can’t find workers, electrical’s a critical shortage paying seventy-two thousand, and college enrollment’s dropped five years straight. By twenty thirty-four, forty-one percent of Missouri jobs need a certificate or associate degree, not a bachelor’s. David Rhodes for governor twenty twenty-eight.
On education. In January, Kehoe ordered A-F grade cards for every public school by September thirtieth. Stacey Preis took over as interim commissioner in May, said she didn’t want the permanent job, then recommended delaying the grades in September because schools needed time to review them. The board took no action. On October twentieth she resigned in a closed session, saying the board’s agenda is better served by a different commissioner. She questioned the value of stacking one more grading system on schools that need resources, not just judgment. Kehoe was asked about her performance and about Cindy O’Laughlin possibly taking over — he wouldn’t say. His press secretary pointed at the board he appointed. David Rhodes for governor twenty twenty-eight.
On the congressional map. Kehoe signed a congressional map built to lock in seven of Missouri’s eight seats for Republicans. Voters forced a referendum — Proposition A hits the ballot November third. Now the Republican campaign defending that map has gone quiet, and a string of court rulings already derailed it. Kehoe’s own X account reposted a call to scrap Missouri’s nonpartisan judicial selection system after courts blocked his map, even though he’d admitted on radio it wasn’t even on his radar before. One map, one power grab, one retreat. David Rhodes for governor twenty twenty-eight.
On the St. Louis police board. Kehoe asked Attorney General Hanaway to investigate the board for Sunshine Law violations after they fast-tracked Chief Tracy’s contract through October twenty thirty in a closed-door weekend session. Kehoe said they followed bad advice from their own general counsel. The board Kehoe’s law created. Now he’s investigating it. David Rhodes for governor twenty twenty-eight.
On the St. Louis police board. Kehoe asked Attorney General Hanaway to investigate the board for Sunshine Law violations after they fast-tracked Chief Tracy’s contract through October twenty thirty in a closed-door weekend session. Kehoe said they followed bad advice from their own general counsel. The board Kehoe’s law created. Now he’s investigating it. David Rhodes for governor twenty twenty-eight.
On Kehoe’s record. Kehoe backed Amendment Five to eliminate Missouri’s income tax. Voters killed it in August. Weeks later, the St. Louis University poll gave him his first negative approval rating since taking office — and Trump’s first negative in six years of that same survey. A governor whose signature tax plan just lost and whose numbers just flipped isn’t gaining ground. He’s bleeding it. David Rhodes for governor twenty twenty-eight.
On Kehoe’s record. Kehoe backed Amendment Five to eliminate Missouri’s income tax. Voters killed it in August. Weeks later, the St. Louis University poll gave him his first negative approval rating since taking office — and Trump’s first negative in six years of that same survey. A governor whose signature tax plan just lost and whose numbers just flipped isn’t gaining ground. He’s bleeding it. David Rhodes for governor twenty twenty-eight.
On prisons. Kehoe signed Senate Bill 888 raising mandatory minimums and told reporters you don’t want to be soft on crime because you ran out of room. That bill could force a new prison costing over eight hundred million dollars by twenty twenty-nine. Same governor vetoed two million from the recidivism program that cuts repeat offenses from thirty-two percent to ten. Gasconade County is paying fifty dollars a day per inmate to house them in Franklin and Osage while the state kicks back thirty-seven. David Rhodes for governor twenty twenty-eight. That’s the version.
Missouri lets data centers drink from your aquifer for free.
Kehoe said at the Power MO summit that speed is key and these are generational investments. Fifteen Republican lawmakers begged him for a special session on water and power guardrails. His office said the state shouldn’t interfere with landowners’ rights. Missouri law doesn’t limit how much water anyone pulls — DNR only checks quality, not quantity. Your wells don’t get a vote. Mine do. David Rhodes for governor twenty twenty-eight.
Missouri governor 2028. No donors. No consultants. No party machine. Just a redneck from Rhineland, Missouri who builds things with his own hands — and I’m running to fix what they broke. Prisons. Courts. Schools. Roads. I’m not asking permission. I’m telling you where I stand. @realDonaldTrump
Photo caption underneath: “This is me. David Rhodes. Rhineland, Missouri. Come see for yourself.”
Replying to @Capitol_Scope
Yes, I believe he is a good man with the best of intentions just misread sometimes an attitude is just a way to get people away so you can think
Hello, David. I guess you have seen the results of the push by Kehoe on data centers and see his control over MDC and DNR. How both those entities could allow these massive data centers to come in shows how they failed protecting the conservation of land, environment, and natural resources. A friend told me they are seeing results of this DC cluster with displaced animals who have lost their habitat in Montgomery County. I would hope you can persevere, get on P and Z, and speak out if you don’t win the governor position. Most people in Montgomery County hate Kehoe, especially after he called our Montgomery County “Etcherland” after the developer ramrodding all these DCs in — Steve Etcher. I like your classic “look” here in your recent photographs with suit and tie. A more casual look would be good too, as you proceed in the political arena, maybe with button-down shirts, jean or patterned fabrics. Jeans okay. Tennis shoes okay. “Speak softly but carry a big stick” — and no cuss words, lol. I forget who said that about speak softly. Maybe Truman? Roosevelt?
Anyway, just wanted to give feedback. Best wishes to you. The planet needs outspoken people, educated on issues, and able to debate commissioners in a calm, sensible way, also the powerful EDCs, Port Authority, and etc. Bye for now. I’m headed out for now.
• Joan
Replying to @DavidPRhodnany
Hello, David. I guess you have seen the results of the push by Kehoe on data centers and see his control over MDC and DNR. How both those entities could allow these massive data centers to come in shows how they failed protecting the conservation of land, environment, and natural resources. A friend told me they are seeing results of this DC cluster with displaced animals who have lost their habitat in Montgomery County. I would hope you can persevere, get on P and Z, and speak out if you don’t win the governor position. Most people in Montgomery County hate Kehoe, especially after he called our Montgomery County “Etcherland” after the developer ramrodding all these DCs in — Steve Etcher. I like your classic “look” here in your recent photographs with suit and tie. A more casual look would be good too, as you proceed in the political arena, maybe with button-down shirts, jean or patterned fabrics. Jeans okay. Tennis shoes okay. “Speak softly but carry a big stick” — and no cuss words, lol. I forget who said that about speak softly. Maybe Truman? Roosevelt?
Anyway, just wanted to give feedback. Best wishes to you. The planet needs outspoken people, educated on issues, and able to debate commissioners in a calm, sensible way, also the powerful EDCs, Port Authority, and etc. Bye for now. I’m headed out for now.
• Joan
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The smarter move is a step inside the circle and learn along with them👍👌 if you stop learning, you are useless
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Replying to @GovMikeKehoe
“He promised sales taxes would never touch farms, healthcare, or real estate. Not one word of that is in the amendment. Blank check, and the Realtors spent two million to kill it. David P. Rhodes II.”
Replying to @GovMikeKehoe
“A Missouri appeals court ruled his ballot language misleading because it hid the sales tax expansion. Kehoe called the judges the problem. Eighty-three percent of voters disagreed. David P. Rhodes II.”
Replying to @GovMikeKehoe
“Kehoe spent months screaming about dark money buying Missouri’s constitution — then his own Amendment 5 took one point nine million from a Delaware nonprofit whose donors are still hidden. He says he doesn’t even know who paid. David P. Rhodes II.”
Replying to @DavidPRhodnany
He should get some sleep his hair looks like Beetlejuice or Einstein😂😁👌
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The only problem is the artificial intelligence is going faster than a physical intelligence😂😂😂👍
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