Former Oklahoma State Senator pleads guilty to child trafficking

[NewYorkExpress]

http://www.ibtimes.com/who-ralph-shortey-former-oklahoma-senator-pleads-guilty-child-trafficking-2616819

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[Landslide Lyndon]

Was he running the whole thing from the basement of a pizzeria?

[NewYorkExpress]

Was he running the whole thing from the basement of a pizzeria?

I thought we agreed Pizzagate didn't happen....

[JA]

He was also a county coordinator and early supporter of the Trump Presidential campaign and has four underage daughters.

[Antonio the Sixth]

what the actual christ

[Dr. Arch]

Family values

[Ban my account ffs!]

It's important that gays are accepted and that they accept themselves.  Internalized homophobia leads to very bad things, as we see time and again.

Hurt people hurt people.    And the cycle continues.

[JA]

It's important that gays are accepted and that they accept themselves.  Internalized homophobia leads to very bad things, as we see time and again.

Hurt people hurt people.    And the cycle continues.

Agreed. Such bizarre and deviant behavior isn't common among the entirety of the LGBTQ community, but it tends to manifest itself to a disproportionate degree among those who've suppressed their real identity. Nothing good comes from staying "in the closet" and/or refusing to accept who you are. And none of that would even arise if it wasn't for society's rampant homophobia and transphobia that shames people for being who they are - which is nothing more than a human being just like everyone else.

[libertpaulian]

With this, the family values state legislator having gay sex in his office, Roy Moore, not to mention other things, evangelicals are going to face a backlash on the same wavelength, if not worse, than the Catholic Church did when their sex abuse scandals first made the airwaves.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Earlier this year, Shortey filed a bill that would cut off funding to Oklahoma cities that adopt sanctuary policies.  Among the reasons he cited was that illegal immigration led to child trafficking, the same crime to which he has pleaded guilty.

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The level of hypocrisy from some of these people probably shouldn't surprise me anymore, but it still does.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Note: he was also Trump's Oklahoma campaign manager.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/oklahoma-state-senator-and-trump-campaign-official-to-plead-guilty-after-offering-to-pay-teenage-boy-for-sexual-stuff/article/2641220

[NewYorkExpress]

Note: he was also Trump's Oklahoma campaign manager.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/oklahoma-state-senator-and-trump-campaign-official-to-plead-guilty-after-offering-to-pay-teenage-boy-for-sexual-stuff/article/2641220

Well, let's see how Trump spins this.

[Rookie Yinzer]

Trump will never address this.

Typical behavior from Republicans btw. I hope he never sees his children again.

[💥💥 brandon bro (he/him/his)]

If you're a state senator, how do you even have time or energy to run a child trafficking operation? Like, was he planning his next hook up or texting kids when he was in the chamber?

[Maxwell]

If you're a state senator, how do you even have time or energy to run a child trafficking operation? Like, was he planning his next hook up or texting kids when he was in the chamber?

Knowing this from experience, Oklahoma legislators don't do a damn thing. He had plenty of time on his hands.

[NewYorkExpress]

If you're a state senator, how do you even have time or energy to run a child trafficking operation? Like, was he planning his next hook up or texting kids when he was in the chamber?

Knowing this from experience, Oklahoma legislators don't do a damn thing. He had plenty of time on his hands.

No, that's New York you're thinking of...does this mean I should expect my State Assemblyman/State Senator to face child trafficking charges?

[Val]

maybe that’s why Trump keeps tweeting about UCLA players... to distract from this

[JA]

If you're a state senator, how do you even have time or energy to run a child trafficking operation? Like, was he planning his next hook up or texting kids when he was in the chamber?

He had a reputation for missing a lot of votes - and now we know why.

[HAnnA MArin County]

Is he being persecuted since he's a CHRISTIAN, too?

[IceSpear]

At least they don't have San Francisco Values.

[RINO Tom]

Earlier this year, Shortey filed a bill that would cut off funding to Oklahoma cities that adopt sanctuary policies.  Among the reasons he cited was that illegal immigration led to child trafficking, the same crime to which he has pleaded guilty.

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The level of hypocrisy from some of these people probably shouldn't surprise me anymore, but it still does.

Yep.

[publicunofficial]

*Furiously typing up my 'Does the GOP have a pedophilia problem?" article for Politico*