this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2025
1110 points (99.7% liked)

politics

22015 readers
4251 users here now

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

  1. Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

  1. Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
  2. Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
  3. No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
  4. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
  5. No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That's all the rules!

Civic Links

Register To Vote

Citizenship Resource Center

Congressional Awards Program

Federal Government Agencies

Library of Congress Legislative Resources

The White House

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

News

World News

Business News

Political Discussion

Ask Politics

Military News

Global Politics

Moderate Politics

Progressive Politics

UK Politics

Canadian Politics

Australian Politics

New Zealand Politics

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Summary

Minnesota Republican state Sen. Justin Eichorn, who introduced a bill classifying "Trump Derangement Syndrome" as a mental illness, was arrested for allegedly soliciting sex from a minor.

Police say Eichorn believed he was meeting a 16-year-old girl but was actually texting undercover officers. His arrest came just a day after he and four other Republican senators introduced the controversial bill.

Eichorn, who is married with four children, was booked into jail and will be transferred to the Hennepin County Adult Detention Center.

(page 4) 26 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 123 points 1 day ago (3 children)

So many fucking pedophiles in the conservative ranks. Gaslight. Obstruct. Project.

load more comments (3 replies)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Holy shit that is the most hilarious thing I've read today.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

One could say that he's "Not Like Us", even.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Oh they can try

[–] [email protected] 155 points 1 day ago

Once again, not a drag queen. We need to ban religious figures and Republican politicians from reading to children.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Why does this consistently keep happening but only to republicans?

They should include in the title he got arrested for trying to solicit sex for minors, not the bill.

I think even most republicans think pedophiles are bad.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They can't wait to tell you how bad they are

But only if they wear blue ties 🤷‍♂️

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (3 replies)
[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 day ago (1 children)

LOL, another republican kiddie diddler. Add him to the pile.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago

LOL, another republican kiddie diddler. Add him to the ~~pile~~ pyre.

FTFY.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

Ya don't say...

[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 day ago (5 children)

If there were an amendment to remove senators charged with pedophilia, Republicans would be in the minority.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There wouldn’t be any republicans left

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (4 replies)
[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Hiw long before he get the pardon?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

promoted to head of the newly formed "Department of Solicitation of totally adult people, Trust us"

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Thankfully, POTUS can't pardon a state crime, only federal.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He'll argue that the accused participates in "interstate commerce", which is regulated at the federal level, not the state. By imprisoning him against the will of the President, the state infringes on federal powers. Thus, the President's power to pardon extends to state crimes as well as federal.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

And just like that, human trafficking is state-sanctioned

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

That would be for somebody who think the law apply to him

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 day ago (1 children)

1 day. Might be some kind of record.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not even a day. It was hours.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

According to wikipedia he's still in jail. So I don't know what you folks are talkin' about.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Eichorn

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 day ago

They are talking about how long after introducing the bill declaring his MAGA'ness before he was arrested.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They're not talking about how long he was in jail they're saying it was hours after he introduced the bill

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Which makes you wonder if this was someone's blackmail stash on him and he pissed off the wrong people and it was released or did someone set up a sting to bag him once he started talking about this bill. I am all for whatever it takes to fight back.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 217 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's always the ones you most suspect.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Only sane people suspect these Nigerian prince grade con artists.

Meanwhile, conservatives have already invested their life savings into the new super-legit cryptocurrency, PedoCoin™️.

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments
view more: ‹ prev next ›