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Long-serving GOP legislator indicted on child sex charges in North Dakota

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Long-serving GOP legislator indicted on child sex charges in North Dakota

The longest-serving state senator in North Dakota history has been indicted on federal charges related to child pornography.

Ray Holmberg, a Republican who resigned last spring, was charged in an indictment unsealed Monday with travel with the intent to engage in illicit sexual activity and receipt of child pornography after investigators showed he traded scores of text messages with a convicted sex offender, reported KFGO-TV.

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There's only one thing the gop loves more than LOUD projection and that's abusing kids. The party of the grand ol' pedophiles
(TRUMP) Republican Tim Nolan, chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in Kentucky & Former Campbell County Judge, Served as a judge, school board member and city solicitor, forced 19 victims to perform sex acts, including seven who were minors under 16. Pled guilty on February 11, 2018 and was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison. https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2018/05/03/former-judge-tim-nolan-could-sentenced-today-more-drama-could-get-way/577947002/
(TRUMP) Republican George Nader, Trump Foreign Policy Adviser, sentenced to 10 years in prison for possession of child pornography and transporting a minor into the United States for sex. https://www.courthousenews.com/child-sex-trafficker-from-trump-tower-meeting-gets-10-year-sentence/
(TRUMP) Republican Ralph Shortey, a former Oklahoma state senator & Trump’s Oklahoma campaign chair, was indicted on four counts of human trafficking and child pornography. Pled guilty to a federal charge of child sex trafficking after hiring a 17-year-old boy for sex. Sentenced to 15 years in prison, in addition to ten years of supervised release and ordered to pay $125,000 in restitution. https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/trump-s-oklahoma-campaign-chair-plead-guilt-child-sex-trafficking-n822461
Republican Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Illinois Congressman and one of the highest-ranking U.S. politicians to ever go to prison, molested at least four boys as young as 14 years of age when he coached wrestling at an Illinois High School. He was sentenced to 15 months in prison, two years' supervised release, and a $250,000 fine. A civil case was due back in court for a status hearing on Jan. 8, 2021 at the courthouse to further address the jury trial. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/ex-u-s-house-speaker-dennis-hastert-starts-prison-term
Republican Minnesota State Representative Jim Knoblach Drops Out Of Race After Daughter Says He Molested Her For More Than Ten Years 22 Sep 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/22/lawmaker-quits-race-after-daughter-says-he-molested-her-more-than-decade/?utm_term=.8ac8527c7f43
Republican Jayson Boebert, husband of Q-ANON Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert of Colorado, was arrested in Jan. 2004 after allegedly exposing his penis to two women at a bowling alley, according to an arrest affidavit. Lauren Boebert (then a minor at 17 and known as Lauren Opal Roberts) was also there. He pleaded guilty to public indecency and lewd exposure involving minors. https://nypost.com/2021/01/16/gop-rep-lauren-boebert-and-husband-have-racked-up-arrests/
Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bauman
Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped. https://web.archive.org/web/20171129052114/http://www.njherald.com/article/20060510/ARTICLE/305109971
**Republican Joseph Dendy, Cobb County GA Republican Party Chairman & Sunday School Teacher,**was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted on four counts of child molestation, four counts of first-degree cruelty to children, three counts of enticing a child for indecent purposes, and one count each of aggravated sexual battery and aggravated child molestation. https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/former-gop-chairman-arrested-on-child-molestation-charges
Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida. https://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/sops/flyer.jsf?personId=28587
Republican director of the “Young Republican Federation” Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison. https://bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/registered-sex-offender-keeps-custody-of-daughter
Republican Kentucky state Representative & pastor Dan Johnson, committed suicide after an exposé revealed his serial lies, suspected arson, criminal church, racism, accused rape of a teen and more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Johnson_%28Kentucky_politician%29
Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison. http://www.lanternproject.org.uk/library/child-abuse-arrests-and-court-cases/child-abuse-arrests-trials-and-proceedings/ex-county-commissioner-admits-sexual-abuse-of-girl/
Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation. http://www.poconorecord.com/article/20120426/NEWS90/204260334
Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison_Misla_Aldarondo
Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8 and 10-year old girls. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Giordano
Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter. https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/02/opinion/journal-beverly-russell-s-prayers.html
Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. “Republican Marty”), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl https://www.arktimes.com/TheHoglawyer/archives/2007/08/28/the-latest-republican-sex-scandals-plural---more-of-the-same
Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media. https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/06/us/politics-the-senate-maine-candidate-again-faces-1990-child-sex-accusation.html
Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded "a return to traditional values", was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him. http://www.thedp.com/article/2004/01/brother_stephen_convicted_of_soliciting_sex
Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison. https://culteducation.com/group/1255-false-memories/6514-man-in-notorious-sex-case-finishes-term.html
Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl. https://www.semissourian.com/story/57773.html
Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy. https://www.arktimes.com/TheHoglawyer/archives/2007/08/28/the-latest-republican-sex-scandals-plural---more-of-the-same
Republican politician Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children). http://www.chattanoogan.com/2002/6/21/23202/Tennessee-Legislator-Commits-Suicide.aspx
Republican County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a male child. http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Oct/08/ln/hawaii710080338.html
Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters. https://lasvegassun.com/news/2002/oct/14/assembly-candidate-gardner-ruled-ineligible-due-to/
Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison. https://www.wgal.com/article/council-accepts-resignation-of-member-imprisoned-for-rape/6189408
Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in prison http://www.salem-news.com/articles/october172007/repubscandals101707.php
Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet. https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Robin_Vanderwall
Republican city councilman Mark Harris, described as a “good military man / church goer,” was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Republican Brandon Hixon, Idaho State Representative, resigned while under criminal investigation for molesting two girls, including a young female relative for more than 10 years, then killed himself three months later, shortly before his ex-wife and two others were to testify before a grand jury. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brandon-hixon-former-idaho-lawmaker-facing-sex-abuse-inquiry-kills-himself/
Republican Tony Yocham, Hamilton, TX Chief of Police, was arrested by Texas Rangers on charges of continuous sexual abuse of a child. https://www.kxxv.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county-chief-of-police-arrested-for-continuous-abuse-of-a-child
Republican Nathan Larson of the Virginia House of Delegates is a self-confessed pedophile and white supremacist. Was arrested on felony charges for kidnapping, child abduction, soliciting child pornography from a minor and meeting a child for the intention of sex. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alleged-pedophile-white-supremacist-arrested-kidnapping-12-yr-old-girl-n1251832
NOTE: I'm reaching the character limit on Reddit posts, so here's a website with a list of about 1000 of these republican shit stains on humanity.
- And none of those is a drag queen.
  
  How many go to church?
- Is there a similar list for democrat, or something that lists all related convictions for government officials? Something without the obvious bias or tit for tat
  
  I'm not sure how complete these are (they are not under any wikiproject or have been correctly classified as lists) but wikipedia has some:
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_political_sex_scandals_in_the_United_States[List_of_federal_political_sex_scandals_in_the_United_States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_political_sex_scandals_in_the_United_States)
  List_of_American_federal_politicians_convicted_of_crimes
  
  Be the change you want to see in the world, bud - Make that list if you want it.
  I can say that it will pale in comparison to the depravity and frequency you see here. It will also be full of stretches (e g. "a town councillor's neighbor's pizza delivery guy who I think was a Democrat!") and won't include a sitting US speaker of the house, literally third in line to the presidency. And all with anti-LGBTQIA, "save the children" political platforms by day while they are closeted gay themselves and rape children at night.
  
  probably, just consider these lists are stupid
  edit: i misspoke. these lists are stupid, but i don't think they are wrong. i hate these lists because what they portend scares me.
- Dont forget trump himself. Saying himself, he loved going to epstein parties and epstein was his friend. Had a court case right before he started running for pres where he was on trail for child rape. The girl got bullied into dropping it.
- haha I thought I was the only one who kept this list handy to respond to these, thanks for a much better format/linked response!
I'm so surprised. The GOP?? Never, this is shocking. I'm blown away right now. But Republicans care about kids, and the drag queens are the groomers /s
- Who would have thought that the party that advocates for child marriage, forced birth even in cases of rape/incest, has an unhealthy infatuation with child beauty pagents, and spends an inordinate amount of time accusing everyone else of pedophilia is in fact full of pedophiles?
No surprises for the Grand Old Paedophile party.
Whoa, crazy, never heard of a Republican do this before
Mass shootings or sexual predators hiding in conference spheres, lights my fire how common those headlines are.
- Everyone approaching psychological and social decency/norms already knew the call was coming from inside the house except for their voters.
Wait they must have confused this man with a drag queen or a black guy or a bad Mexican hombre, not a law and order good Christian GOP saint!?!
- Look at the photo, they're clearly trans /s
I mean at this point which of the GOP is NOT doing this? Like, all this fighting "grooming" and what-not. If you are not convinced that it's been projection the whole time there's not much point in attempting to be informed.
Matt Gaetz next please.
- I keep saying this, but the Gaetz thing is over with zero chance of nailing him. He's my Congressman, so I've had a close eye on this. I mean, fuck me, we could hardly get a worse rep if he had gone to prison.
  His convicted buddy that was expected to flip on him? Didn't.
  The 17-yo in question? Not only refused to testify, but opened an OnlyFans site which prosecutors felt would destroy her credibility on the stand.
  Not sure if anyone else noticed, but he was real quiet for a bit and then came blustering back full force. Now you know why.
  
  Maybe the current (past) Gaetz thing, but people that behave this way, don't usually stop.
  Maybe it'll take another decade for something to surface that sticks, and I bet he's being watched closer now. I don't think he's smart enough to say shit, I can't keep doing things line this, and stay clean the rest of his life. That would take actual self reflection and remorse, which he lacks. If anything, he'll feel untouchable now instead and feel empowered to try again or continue.
  
  That’s all quite unfortunate. We’ll just have to keep paying attention. He’s bound to fuck up again.
  I wonder how much a PI would cost, and how quickly a GoFundMe would get funded.
  
  My guess is they are holding the kompromat on him so he plays along
I recall on that other site someone put a list together of all republicans and democrats convicted of child sexual assault type charges. You can guess which list was SIGNIFICANTLY longer.
This was years ago - anyone seen a current version, or know of any active trackers?
- Still looking but so far I found this
  90 state lawmakers accused of sexual misconduct since 2017
  I didn't total up the results.
  
  51 are Republicans
  
  that list is disturbing but hilarious
  California Democrat 'formally reprimanded March 8, 2018, by the Senate Rules Committee and told not to hug people anymore after an investigation concluded that his frequent embraces made multiple female colleagues uncomfortable'
- https://www.whoismakingnews.com/
I mean, we all knew he was a kiddy-diddler. The R next to his name gave it away!
He’s 79 years old. It took two years from when he was raided and charges being filed. Strong chance that he’ll die before being brought to justice.
It's ALWAYS Republican
- I hate to defend Republicans, but how does what is obviously suspect and easily debunked by a simple search net so many upvotes?
  
  If it is so easy to debunk, then do it. But, you can’t because it’s true. People more aligned with authoritarianism are dispositioned to be abusive.
Gaslight
Obstruct
Project
Whenever some one goes into a groomer rant, and they like using grooming as a word, you can be sure that they're into grooming, and they need to be investigated.
He's a drag queen, right?
- I checked. Not a drag queen. He's a Republican. How come Republicans are sickos? Wait, don't answer, I know that they are.
More evidence that we have one Dakota too many.
Maybe two.
- You can't be more correct. In reality it's two states to break up the Sioux and the coalition that was created by Red Cloud
Yet another #GOP #pedo to add to the list.
NotADragQueen
Grubby Ol' Pedos
Someone should tell the QTARDS that are pretending to be concerned about "trafficking" - hey, the call is coming from inside your house.
They ND GOP also had a party official resign very recently. What the fuck is going on in ND?
- Nah, just all of ya west of Fargo, as well as half the population of Fargo.
  Source: lived and worked in North Dakota for 11 years. I'm now 4 years removed and don't miss a single thing about my time there.
- In manufacturing speak this is what's called finished goods. The end product. Of what you may ask? Fuck if I know at this point but does it even matter?
  This country seems to be really caught up in who to blame before stopping all the bad things instead of stopping some bad things and then figuring out who to blame.
Also, that guys looks like he has Resting Mitch Face.
I'm so shocked, the Republican party is too honest and holds family values too much to support something like this /s
https://ballotpedia.org/Ray_Holmberg
- Ok, it was worth logging into Facebook for the first time in ages to see his last post and the comment section.
  https://www.facebook.com/100011368654653/posts/pfbid021gZWX2yxnWjYcnbRH5LbVJJf9W5R4T8Vet5ZcPADCXqm6UCJjf8MkBEoLkbRWWAQl/
  
  usually i can't see anything on fcvbhohk because i don't have an account, but this time i unblocked javascript... and i got that. has anyone considered limiting internet access only to chemistry labs where eyewash stations are available?
Aren't democrats the child molesting Satanists?

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