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She claims LGBTQ+ rights need to be restricted to "protect kids," but she appointed a man who admitted to having sex with a minor to a high-level position.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R), who has repeatedly pledged to “protect kids” with anti-LGBTQ+ laws, appointed a man to a top state prison post even though he had previously been fired from a local police force for receiving oral sex from a teen girl in a post office parking lot.

Jamol Jones, who Sanders appointed as chairman to the Arkansas Post-Prison Transfer Board in January, resigned last Friday after news agencies reported that the Benton Police Department fired him after he admitted to an internal affairs investigator that he had sexual relations as an adult with a 17-year-old girl, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported.

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[–] Carvex@lemmy.world 139 points 9 months ago (3 children)

"Sexual affairs with a 17yo" aka Statutory Rape.

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 33 points 9 months ago (17 children)

Nope. Age of consent is 16 in Arkansas.

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 56 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't matter if you have a position of power over the minor. If you're a cop for example

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 24 points 9 months ago

If she is allowed to do dangerous work in abattoirs, she can consent to sex.

  • Sarah Huckabee Sanders, probably
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[–] quindraco@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago
[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 58 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Isn't she part of the cons? The same movement going on about "groomers" and with slogans like "save the children"?

When isn't it about projection with these assholes?

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 21 points 9 months ago

save the children

to themselves, obviously.

[–] AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 52 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Jones said he and the girl “had talked at the gym” and that “she had identified herself as an 18-year-old” before performing oral sex on him in the Benton Post Office parking lot.
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He also admitted to never asking to see the girl’s ID, even though he had been formerly trained as a police officer to confirm people’s ages by doing so. The girl’s mother said she suspected that her daughter might have lied about her age to attract male attention, and the mother added that she didn’t want Jones to go to jail over the sexual relationship with her daughter.

what the fuck

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Gotta ask for ID. And maybe scan it cuz courts don’t care if someone has a fake.

Didn’t see in article: he would’ve been about 29 y/o.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 28 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Guys, if the thought even crosses your mind about her age or ID walk tf away now.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Haha I’m thinking for young dudes - at 30, the appeal of a near-kid (twelve years your junior) is probably lost.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

Oh I know, I was just throwing that out there

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[–] militaryintelligence@lemmy.world 52 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sex with kids is a conservative prerequisite

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[–] teft@lemmy.world 40 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] RadicalEagle@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Fucked up that she lied about her age. Fucked up that he cheated on his wife.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 33 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Awww, just look at these GOP family values on display!

[–] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago

The Republican party is a mob of pedophiles

[–] ConfusedPossum@kbin.social 26 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How do people vote for cartoon villains

[–] the_q@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Because they themselves are cartoon villains.

[–] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

TBF her daddy was very protective of sex pests too, which is how the Duggars stayed relevant for too long.

[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 20 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Damn I didn't know she is a governor now... but of course. She was the lying disgusting face of the Trump administration. These people are fucking scary.

I don't think calling them out on their hypocrisy is really going to move the needle. They are basically gas-lighting sociopath trolls who thrive on sadism.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago

Once more for the people in the back.

Republicans are the party of pedophiles and Nazis.

[–] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

This is very on brand for these awful people.

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

Just republican shit.

[–] _sideffect@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Why is this demigorgon still allowed to speak publicly

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[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

That tracks.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago

I swear, the anti-lgbtq+ crowd must be a bunch of Scooby-Doo villains all wearing masks while doing evil shit behind the scenes.

[–] Silverseren@kbin.social 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And somehow none of us are surprised in the slightest.

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[–] PeckerBrown@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

That's SO Arkansas!

Seriously, though, Sarah Fuckabee Sanders is a shit-filled condom of a person.

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