• 520@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Unfortunately if Matt Gaetz, who actually trafficked and had sex with a minor, is anything to go by, this will hardly shift the needle.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah one of them examples where age is JUST a number and jail is JUST a place… sadly, our “leaders” don’t have to follow the same laws.

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        1 year ago

        They don’t even have to lead in most cases.

        There’s a reason we used to tar and feather politicians. Bring it back.

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      He’s my Congressman so I’ve had my eye on this, praying for the hammer to drop.

      Here are the facts:

      They couldn’t summon up enough evidence and no one involved would testify. The girl involved now has an Only Fans page, so even if she offered, the prosecution felt that would hurt her credibility. So it’s dropped.

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        The girl involved now has an Only Fans page, so even if she offered, the prosecution felt that would hurt her credibility

        It’s so fucked up that our culture still thinks like this