(CW: child sexual abuse)

Matt Gaetz, Republican: child sex trafficker.
Joel Greenburg, Republican: child sex trafficker.
Ghislaine Maxwell, Republican: child sex trafficker.
Jeffrey Epstein, Republican: child sex trafficker....
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... Ralph Shortey, Republican: child sex trafficker.
Tim Nolan, Republican: child sex trafficker.
Earl “Butch” Kimmerling, Republican: child sex trafficker.
Jon Matthews, Republican: child sex trafficker.
Stephen White, Republican: child sex trafficker...
2/
John Hathaway, Republican: child sex trafficker.
Howard L. Brooks, Republican: child sex trafficker.
Marty Glickman, Republican: child sex trafficker.
Jeffrey Patti, Republican: child sex trafficker.
Robert Bauman, Republican: child sex trafficker...
3/
Beverly Russell, Republican: child sex trafficker.
Dan Crane, Republican: child sex trafficker.
Mark A. Grethen, Republican: child sex trafficker.
Richard A. Delgaudio, Republican: child sex trafficker...
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Donald “Buz” Lukens, Republican: child sex trafficker.
Peter Dibble, Republican: child sex trafficker.
Mike Hintz, Republican: child sex trafficker.
Tom Shortridge, Republican: child sex trafficker.
Philip Giordano, Republican: child sex trafficker...
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Edison Misla Aldarondo, Republican: child sex trafficker.
Nicholas Morency, Republican: child sex trafficker.
Mark Pazuhanich, Republican: child sex trafficker.

>>>QAnon: "why are so many Democrats child sex traffickers?"<<<
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That’s fucking remarkable.

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