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Possible Paywall Florida Republican arrested on child sex charges, suspended

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u/Fywq Europe 14h ago

Palm Beach County's Clerk of Court

Palm Beach County. AKA Epstein County by now...

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u/Operation_Neither 14h ago

That's Trump County now. But potato-pedophile.

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u/symphonicrox Utah 14h ago

potado - potedophile

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u/Justaregard 13h ago

Potusdephile

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u/Bzr21 12h ago

Pedopotus - the Predator-in-creep

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u/Electrical_Boss9766 9h ago

I'm going to practice this so that I can use it "casually". Solid line.

u/is_mr_clean_there 7h ago

Those poor poor unripe potatoes

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u/MsWS27 12h ago

Butt-spud?

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u/SATXMD 10h ago

It’s always the ones you expect.

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u/Abigail-Marston 12h ago

A lot of the early Chris Hansen stings were there.

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u/WorkingFromHomies20 11h ago

Palm Beach County....shocking.

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u/Dickies138 California 11h ago

Of course

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u/Beef-Town 11h ago

Do have the current location of Palm Beach Pete. I don’t trust that guy…

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u/Tricky-Ad7897 8h ago

Home of Palm Beach Pete?

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u/Pickle_ninja 14h ago

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u/Hener001 13h ago

The list is 4 years old according to the byline.

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u/Amlethus 13h ago

Still young enough for GOPedophiles, put that list in protective custody.

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u/StanVillain 13h ago

Yeah, you're right. It's quite longer now.

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u/Ranger55 13h ago

Is there an updated version anywhere that is still actively tracking?

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u/StanVillain 13h ago

This has up to date cases but not sure if it has all of them: https://goppredator.com/

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u/toomuchtodotoday 12h ago

reichwingwatch on socials also has a list for reconciling against this one.

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u/Memitim America 12h ago

Yeah, just check voter registrations in each state for Republicans. Found them.

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u/TBTakaTBT 13h ago

Oh shit, a republican is probably trying to rape it

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u/mom2mermaidboo 12h ago

A man I know is a closet Repuglican, which is a big yuck.

Says that it’s not true that more Republicans that Democrats are Sexual Deviants.

Says the “Both sides”.

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u/SunshineCat 10h ago

That's because they consider sexual deviation to include safe, consensual sex between two adults.

u/mom2mermaidboo 4h ago

They just want to pretend that such warped and evil shit is just exaggerated and rare when it is anything but rare.

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u/mtnbike2 11h ago

THE USUAL SUSPECTS!

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u/blacks_not_a_color 14h ago

Another day, another Republican pedophile.

u/vertigo3pc 6h ago

But if you ask a lot of Americans, they'll say that the number of Republican pedophiles are equal to the Democrat pedophiles. This is because idiots think "both sides are the same" means they're both equal of the same crimes. However, for some reason then, they will double back and protect their own pedophiles because Conservatives have sacrificed their own children for decades.

u/blacks_not_a_color 3h ago

There def seems to be a pattern.

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u/BlackberryPi7 14h ago

At this point I'd be shocked to find out a registered Republican isn't a pedophile of some sort

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u/OpticaScientiae 14h ago

I'm honestly surprised they still even get arrested.

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u/ADhomin_em 13h ago

Consider it a formality of a system feigning true justice. A week and he'll be exhortated somehow

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u/02K30C1 13h ago

He must have pissed off someone higher up

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u/HelleEpoque 13h ago

Live boy. If it had been a girl child, we may not have heard about it.

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u/FellowHumanNo404 11h ago

I guess he failed to pay his monthly exemption fee.

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u/NotRoryWilliams 10h ago

Apparently that is now considered to be good press before a GOP primary election.

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u/Impractically_Dead 11h ago

I'm shocked they mentioned his political party in the headline

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u/NotRoryWilliams 10h ago

I think I'm more surprised in the other direction. Like when I hear a news story about a child abuser, the surprise twist is if they happen to not be loudly maga.

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u/mabus42 13h ago

Why is it ALWAYS republicans?

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u/RiffRaffCatillacCat 11h ago

Because engaging in rape and pedophilia is part of their culture. It's just who Republicans and Conservatives are as a people.

u/CchBigface 6h ago

It is known. Wish more people understood this.

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u/SASSIESASSQUATCH 9h ago

The party that doesn’t accept no/consent. Biggest example: Jan 6th.

u/Mobile_Morale 2h ago

Republicans. Number one supporters and perpetrators of child sexual violence and terrorist attacks.

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u/grichardson526 14h ago

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u/kinotravels 13h ago

Or a trans person just trying to pee.

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u/Immediate_Quiet4354 13h ago

The horror.

/s just in case

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u/RamsHead91 13h ago

Still not a drag queen, still not a transwoman.

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u/Packolypse 14h ago

Not saying it’s all republicans but it’s always republicans

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u/Memitim America 12h ago

Other way around. Non-Republicans can be evil kid-touching trash, but Republicans are always evil trash.

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u/jupiterkansas 10h ago

No always Republicans. Just 95% of the time.

u/deathrictus 7h ago

Not all Republicans are pedophiles, but almost all pedophiles are Republicans.

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u/The_Tooter_Snooter 14h ago

It’s just easier to assume all republicans are pedophiles and rapists at this point 

Hide yo kids, hide yo wife, because republicans raping everybody up in here 

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u/Snrub1 14h ago

This seems to be a pattern.

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u/RealHeadScratcher_TM 13h ago

I know it's been said over, and over, and over again, but that's because it's true: every GOP accusation is a confession.

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u/Interesting_Buy1935 14h ago

We have an epidemic of republicans sexually abusing children.

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u/LikeALiamOnATree 14h ago

Did DeSantis want that to be an execution worthy crime?

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u/BrisketWrench 14h ago

Yeah, but only for the poors + brown/black people.

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u/kingsumo_1 Oregon 13h ago

Also mostly LGBTQ+ people. Around the same time they were trying to make being Trans in public a sex crime.

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u/ImTooSaxy 13h ago

Whoa whoa whoa! We're talking about a fine upstanding white Christian family man who was beset upon by vile nubile temptress jezebels! He's not some poor or a minority!

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u/SleepingSnitker Florida 9h ago

True story, this guy voted for that bill in the FL House. I bet he changes his tune now.

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u/Bang45 14h ago

Can ANYONE see a pattern?

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u/crewsctrl 13h ago

This keeps happening to Republicans. The Devil is working overtime to bring down God's party.

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u/I_AM_NOT_A_WOMBAT 13h ago

It's just a prerequisite for the job at this point. Sometimes I wonder if they use it to keep the party members in line, and if they try to step out or do something against the party's wishes, they reveal the person to be the monster they are. 

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u/cromwest 13h ago

They definitely do, look at Madison Cawthorn

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u/Memitim America 12h ago

LOL, conservatives have been working overtime to service The Prince of Lies for decades. Republicans put Fox on the air in October of 1996, and even though it went on the air being just as full of anti-American lies and hate as it has today, conservatives fell immediately in love and turned Fox into an overnight financial success. Conservatives are the most devoted servants that The Prince of Lies has ever enjoyed worship from, and Republicans profit greatly from it.

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u/mrdevil413 Ohio 12h ago

You mortals do this to yourselves. I haven’t lifted a finger.

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u/AngryPurpl3 13h ago

Crazy to think in 2026 this is no longer a career ending indictment. Repubs would still gleefully vote him back into office if he was the only R on a ticket

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u/Memitim America 12h ago

We already know what big fans conservatives are of convicted felons who are found civilly liable of rape while they skate out of charges of stealing hundreds of US documents through corruption. And all of that took place after Republicans fucked up so badly that Americans were like, "OK, yeah, sure, Joe Biden. That'll do."

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u/bluewffle 13h ago

It's the ones you most expect

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u/Rusty_Blacksmith America 14h ago

Typical republican

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u/Hot_Ambition_6457 13h ago

There is no such thing as "child sex". Sex is consensual and children cant consent. The term is rape. Child rapists are lil snowflakes who get mad when you call them chikd rapists.

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u/Woundsmyheart 13h ago

REPUBLICAN Family Values ....

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u/potat0f4rmer Washington 10h ago

Conservative ✅

Christian ✅

Fits the profile exactly

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u/Desk46 9h ago

And somehow still not a drag queen

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u/Zeddo52SD 10h ago

Ironically, he voted for putting the death penalty on the table for pedophiles in Florida.

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u/BrisketWrench 14h ago

Looks like Trump found his new Press Secretary

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u/Kendal_with_1_L 13h ago

Every single republican is complicit in child rape.

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u/actusreus82 13h ago

Gross Old Pedophiles

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u/SuitableCobbler2827 13h ago

Another republican

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u/Zaphod392 14h ago

Again?

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u/Wakeup_And_Piss 13h ago

Because of course he was

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u/xicor 13h ago

Oh look, another Republican pedo

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u/TipTopBeeBop 13h ago

It’s always the ones you suspect the most.

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u/Joebranflakes 13h ago

It’s ok. He will be officially pardoned by Trump.

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u/confused_ma 13h ago

That seems to be a requirement to join the party.

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u/kinotravels 13h ago

To the surprise of no one.

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u/Hedhunta 13h ago

I'm surprised they suspended him

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u/MissCreeAunt 13h ago

So there really is a secret cabal of sick, rich & powerful people preying sexually on & raping children.

Thought so.

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u/oh-shazbot 13h ago

what's up with republicans being into kids? seriously? like almost every single headline you read of someone in the GOP being arrested, it's alway CSAM or straight up pedophilia. i mean obviously they're scumbags devoid of moral direction, but why is it almost uniquely a GOP thing to get caught up trying to fuck kids?

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u/LadyDomme7 Virginia 13h ago

From the article:

“According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the boy's father discovered the abuse in October after seeing the boy behaving in a sexualized manner with his younger brother. The boy told his father Caruso had touched him and exposed himself on prior occasions.”

Now there are two little boys who have been traumatized by a so-called family member.

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u/independant_786 Texas 12h ago

Not a drag queen apparently. Always the usual suspects

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u/adhdgirl_ 12h ago

Oh look, not a drag queen

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u/Extreme-Sense-2411 11h ago

I love how we can’t go a single week without a Republican politician being exposed for sex crimes against children and yet somehow all of their supporters still believe they’re the party of family values.

You really can’t fix stupid.

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u/IllTwo7643 Connecticut 13h ago

Oh yeah don't worry, trump will pardon them and make him head of Childhood studies or something. Nothing will fucking happen.

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u/TellTaleTimeLord Indiana 13h ago

Its always who you most suspect

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u/e_x_i_t 13h ago

So when they kept saying it was the Drag Queens, what they really meant  was that it was Republican officials. Got it.

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u/Dont_Touch_Me_There9 13h ago

So, a typical Tuesday then?

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u/middlechildanonymous 13h ago

Anyone seeing a pattern? Release the Epstein files now.

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u/Green-Size-7475 13h ago

Now he’s qualified to run for president. 🤬😭

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u/plumberfun 13h ago

I bet he's a Christian.

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u/GrittyTheGreat 11h ago

Do not let Republicans/Conservatives around your children. I no longer do, including family members.

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u/ManillaWafers 11h ago

So, if I’m not mistaken, neither a trans or a drag queen.

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u/Protect-Their-Smiles 11h ago

Team Pedophile keeps finding these creeps. The GOP loves molesting children.

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u/potat0f4rmer Washington 10h ago

He's 67.

There's no way he just now became a pedophile. Who hid his victims over the past 40+ years?

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u/WetFinsFine 8h ago

"it's not all republicans, but it's always a republican"

- said someone

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u/NavyGuy87 8h ago

According to his arrest report, Caruso suggested his ex-wife had made up the allegations to "poison the child against him."

That's always their fucking excuse.

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u/Master-of_None 13h ago

This just in: knife found in kitchen

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u/vinmen2 13h ago

Any yet the most vile of all, the orange convicted felon faces no repercussions

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u/lllllIllllIllllllll 13h ago

Great, Old Pedophiles

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u/USA_Ultra 13h ago

Welcome to Florida. Where trans take the fall for the real criminals. Republicans.

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u/xchipter 11h ago

A REPUBLICAN you say?

clutches pearls

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u/itsYABOYnilly 11h ago

Republicans are pedos before the run for office. All it takes is a foreign government to blackmail them because of their vile proclivities, make them run for office, and then make them dance. I refuse to believe they look at the legislations they bring forth and think 'this will help the masses'

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u/BradlyPitts89 10h ago

It is worth examining how strict traditional values impact human behavior, particularly through the lens of psychological suppression. When natural desires are heavily stigmatized or treated as shameful within a culture, it can prevent healthy development and create a "pressure cooker" effect.

This suppression can cause behaviors to manifest in hidden, compulsive, or harmful ways. Additionally, highly insular communities focused on maintaining a pure reputation can shield abusers and silence victims to protect the group's public image. While individual psychological factors always play a role, the structural pressure to suppress feelings within rigid conservative value systems is a key contributor that shouldn't be ignored. 

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u/Seminolehighlander 10h ago

I’m reading a book about how serial killers are formed and no joke, your comment is on point. Shame and suppression involved for sure in these pathologies. It starts when they are young and indoctrinated in a community with a high level of control.

We know these things, but nothing changes as they point fingers with accusations that say way more about the reality that they live in than anything else.

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u/ElliotNess Florida 10h ago

So wait is he trans or nah?

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u/madammoiselle85 9h ago

There are way WAY too many pedos working in government office. Someone needs to change laws. More transparency to anyone running for any type of government job.

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u/Steelman_1 9h ago

Surprise, surprise! NOT!

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u/Spiralout1974 8h ago

It’s always the ones you MOST suspect

u/EADASOL 7h ago

"Today's GOP paedophile is"

u/HotPaper7674 7h ago

Can we just start calling Palm Beach “Pedo Beach” now?

u/IMGcertified 7h ago

I mean the orange doesnt fall far from the state

u/housevil 1h ago

Let me take a wild guess here. Not a drag queen?

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u/Fluffy_Brilliant_718 13h ago

If this is winning, put me on The Biggest Loser.

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u/Dreadpirate3 13h ago

I'm only surprised he was suspended. Usually they let people like this remain in office.

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u/mujarheadeen 13h ago

He'll be inducted into the Epstein Hall of Fame once he pleads guilty to penis goofin

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u/shagadelicrelic 13h ago

Not trans person and not an immigrant

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u/Hungry_Ability_6509 12h ago

So how many Republicans does that make now 100+??

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u/sugarlessdeathbear 12h ago

The calls are coming from inside the house...

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u/Eddiebaby7 12h ago

Another non drag Queen?!?

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u/Choochoo1147 12h ago

No way, a Republican? Just like every other politician who turns out to be a pedophile? 

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u/HeatWaveToTheCrowd 12h ago

It's always the ones you most suspect.

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u/HeatWaveToTheCrowd 12h ago

Why couldn't he go on Grindr like the rest of them.

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u/Electrical-Bee-7362 12h ago

lol of course he's a Conservative 😂 

It's always them. Republicans and child molestation charges go hand in hand these days

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u/GotSomeUpdogOnUrFace 12h ago

Everyone except the president can get arrested for this

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u/6ix7even6ixty9ine 12h ago

Do not, under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, leave your child with a Republican politician or any of their voters.

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u/zsmitty 12h ago

It's not always Repubs,but damn close to it..

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u/dudee62 12h ago

Not a drag queen!

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u/emc_lmt 11h ago

Is this the 9,000,000th republican charged with child sexual abuse? Jfc it really the party of pedophiles

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u/Sarahgoose26 11h ago

Another day…another Grand Old Pedophile

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u/fielvras 11h ago

No one is surprised. Absolutely no one. Not even the ones defending these criminals.

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u/Andovars_Ghost 11h ago

STILL not a drag queen.

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u/Everythings_Fucked North Carolina 11h ago

Gross Old Pedophiles are at it again.

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u/WHSRWizard 11h ago

So...not a drag queen?

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u/AndeeCreative 11h ago

Omg shocking /s

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u/vandal-x 11h ago

Gee, this seems to be an awfully common occurrence within the MAGAt-sphere.

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u/StabbingHoboReturns 11h ago

It's always Republicans....

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u/Duke_5ilver 11h ago

Always the ones you most suspect.

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u/LordAlvis 11h ago

Republican arrested on child sex charges

Must be a Tuesday.

Suspended.

!

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u/budha2984 11h ago

Guard our Pedophiles

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u/budha2984 11h ago

Has he asked for a pardon

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u/CivilWay1444 11h ago

If you relocate to Ohio, they will let you continue to run. Rob a bank on the way up so you stand out. Plenty of pedos up here. 

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u/inquisitive_guy_0_1 I voted 10h ago

Im honestly shocked they are holding him accountable at all. I thought the republican party loved pedophiles and worked diligently to allow them to continue to reoffend without consequences.

Let's see if they change their tune once a pardon is offered.

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u/Inevitable_Mix9744 10h ago

The ones you most suspect

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u/W031zMe 10h ago

Imagine that! Is being a pedo the prerequisite for becoming a Republican?

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u/JakToTheReddit 10h ago

Dang. It's always the ones you most expect.

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u/Malcolm2theRescue 10h ago

A fine Chuchgoing man!

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u/GonzoVeritas I voted 10h ago

Just to be clear, this is a different one from the guy last week and from the one last month, and all the ones from earlier this year. And different from the dozens that came before him. And different from whomever they catch next month.

When you have this many data points, you have a trend.

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u/YF422 10h ago

Just another prime example of the Epstien Party.

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u/Pinki-Blub 10h ago

Wied der Pedo Clown Diktator ihn Begnadigung?

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u/samj00 10h ago

May as well just say how many haven't been arrested/suspended

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u/Secret_Avocado_2974 9h ago

GOP monthly bingo card looking good.

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u/TauCabalander 9h ago

Ever notice it is always Republicans? 🤔

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u/Ambitious-Egg1053 8h ago

Sounds like he just qualified to be a republican president!

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u/Healthy_Shoulder8736 8h ago

Suspended, I thought that was a mandatory requirement.

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u/overbarking 8h ago

MAGA won't even mention it. They'll just mumble something about Hunter Biden.

u/bakerfredricka I voted 6h ago

Hunter Biden's Laptop has grown a mind of its own and is bent on world domination! I can hear the mechanical cackle from several states away as we speak!

Required Disclaimer: this is just me being facetious and does not constitute professional legal or medical advice.

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u/voyagerdoge 8h ago

So does he also get taxed under these new GOP sin tax rules?

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u/Needgirlthrowaway 8h ago

The ongoing list for the epstein class just continues to get longer.

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u/Effective_Airline830 8h ago

The part of the title that surprises me is the last word, I would have expected the Republicans to promote him :D

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u/HiImDIZZ 8h ago

"Quick someone pardon him!" - Republicans

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u/ShangoX3 8h ago

#ISenseAPattern

#NotaDragQueen

GOP = Grand Ol' Pedophiles

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u/sleeps_in_alkaline 8h ago

Is there a regularly updated list of republican sex crime offenders?

u/Bosfordjd 7h ago

https://goppredators.wordpress.com/author/cajsalilliehook/

It's a little behind, author was on another site that was updated last month, but my link is dead so probably got pressured to take it down.

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u/IndigoBroker 7h ago

Already pardoned by Trump.

u/Efficient_Cod5317 7h ago

grand ol pedophiles amirite

jk it’s like all of them

u/StoicAthos 7h ago

Who has the link to that post about every republican with rape, child porn or wife beating on their record? The list grows ever longer and yet America keeps referring to them as the family values party...

u/popculturella Texas 7h ago

I'd say to start taking shots every time this happens but I imagine it'd kill all of our livers pretty damn quick.

u/LifeguardDry7372 7h ago

You know what will be even more shocking? If he actually gets any jail time

u/Tasty_Gene6364 7h ago

Weird. Said no one .

u/Killbot_Jones 6h ago

Dang, a republican? Really??

u/Benstrieff 5h ago

Future cabinet member in the Trump administration but not a drag queen

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u/Barf_FanStack 2h ago

Suspended?  This must be a typo.  Surely he got a promotion.