Thread by @richardhine

While Republicans are smearing #DragQueens, #teachers and #librarians as "groomers," a GOP candidate in South Dakota THIS NOVEMBER was arrested for grooming and raping a family member over multiple years—and the @sdgop didn't even ask him to drop out of the race.

While Republicans are accusing others of being sexual predators, another GOP candidate in South Dakota this November LOST TO HIS MOM and then went out and raped a woman in the bathroom stall at a bar.

And that's not all:

Last year, the richest man in South Dakota—a YUGE GOP donor—was being investigated for child porn.

Yet somehow this politically connected billionaire ended up facing no charges.

Read more (no paywall): thedailyedge.substack.com/p/republican-r…

GOP Groomer Joel Koskan abused and raped a child over multiple years. The Senate Republican Campaign Committee sent Koskan $10,000 to pay his bail. Now he's taken a plea deal to avoid jail time. #GOPGroomers #GangOfPedophiles #RepublicanSexualPredators dailykos.com/stories/2022/1…

When I interviewed @cajsa last year, her list of #RepublicanSexualPredators was more than 700 names .

Now it has more than 900.

Why is @GOPChairwoman so tolerant of the child rapists and sexual predators in her party? thedailyedge.substack.com/p/700-and-coun…

While Rethugs protect a growing number of GOP child rapists, anti-LGBTQ grooming rhetoric surged 406% online after Florida passed its #DontSayGay law.

Slurs included words like “groomer”, “pedophile”, "predator," molester," "f**got," "tr**ny" & "sodomite"
lgbtqnation.com/2022/08/marjor…