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ZonkerHarris

(24,227 posts)
Mon May 9, 2022, 02:09 PM May 2022

45 Convicted Republican Pedophiles:

45 Convicted Republican Pedophiles:

1. Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.

2. Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.

3. Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.

4. Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.

5. Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.

6. Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.

7. Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.

8. Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.

9. Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile.

10. Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.

11. Republican Congressman Donald “Buz” Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.

12. Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.

13. Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.

14. Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child.

15. Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.

16. Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.

17. 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.

18. Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.

19. 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 and one count of delivering the drug LSD.

20. Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks* was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.

21. 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.

22. 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.

23. Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.

24. Republican anti-gay activist Earl “Butch” Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.

25. Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.

26. Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.

27. Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.

28. 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).

29. Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15-year old girl.

30. Republican County Councilman Keola Childs* pleaded guilty to molesting a male child.

31. Republican activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.

32. Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters.

33. Republican Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner was convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl.

34. Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter* pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.

35. Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.

36. Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.

37. Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession.

38. 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.

39. Republican city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a “good military man” and “church goer,” was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

40. Republican businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.

41. Republican director of the “Young Republican Federation” Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.

42. Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was charged with rape for allegedly paying a 15-year old girl for sex. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young.

43. Republican state senator Ralph Shortey from Oklahoma admitted to being involved in sodomy with a 17 year old male prostitute and transporting child pornography.

44. Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert in jail for the payments he made to cover up raping his wrestlers when he was a high school coach.

45. Republican Judge and campaign official Tim Nolan for Donald Trump indicted for human trafficking and forcing a minors (9) to engage in sexual activity.


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45 Convicted Republican Pedophiles: (Original Post) ZonkerHarris May 2022 OP
Horrifying! But right on brand for them. Maybe EarlG can pin this one to the top ;-P Carlitos Brigante May 2022 #1
I was just about to suggest the same thing! This should be pinned and we should add the names Scrivener7 May 2022 #3
That's a damn good idea!! Just a week ago I posted a reply to some trolling bag of shit on YouTube. Carlitos Brigante May 2022 #11
There is another name to add, although wnylib May 2022 #48
Hence the republican projection machine MontanaMama May 2022 #2
yup. for years and years. If you are Pro-Rapist and Pro-Pedophilia, you're a Republican. ZonkerHarris May 2022 #7
This is horrifying but it is awesome that it has been compiled. Scrivener7 May 2022 #4
But Wait There's MORE and this is why they want to abolish age requirements for marriage MagickMuffin May 2022 #5
K&R smirkymonkey May 2022 #6
All that projection, and it's obvious they don't want us to notice it's THEM FM123 May 2022 #8
Let's not go down this road... HighFired49 May 2022 #9
They are trying to brand Democrats as the pedophilia party. We need to destroy that attempt. ZonkerHarris May 2022 #15
AMEN KS Toronado May 2022 #16
THIS! momta May 2022 #31
Sorry, fuck that 'both siderism'. Tommymac May 2022 #20
I'm with you. I get the poster's reservations, but we need to hang this on them. Scrivener7 May 2022 #28
Yeah, those long lists are mostly Republicans. progressoid May 2022 #27
They paved this road with their own actions -- now they can walk down it Blue Owl May 2022 #50
Daily Kos has a writer who updates a list of Republican sexual predators kimbutgar May 2022 #10
6 months in jail newdayneeded May 2022 #12
Orgies can be a gateway or vice versa I guess? BSdetect May 2022 #13
Do a search for a blog named 'Armchair Subversive' EYESORE 9001 May 2022 #14
Great info but not everyone listed is convicted. Or are they? live love laugh May 2022 #17
Probably have to look up each name to see the resolution of their case oldsoftie May 2022 #34
Gross Old Projectionists IronLionZion May 2022 #18
K&R Thanks for posting. n/t TeamProg May 2022 #19
Some things need to be shared again and again by everyone ZonkerHarris May 2022 #37
Josh Duggar blm May 2022 #21
Nothing like this ever makes the news. live love laugh May 2022 #22
The list that I have dates back to the '70s. 20 years ago louis-t May 2022 #32
Daily Kos has a list of 800 progressoid May 2022 #23
Thanks for posting. Do we know timeframe on these, like txwhitedove May 2022 #24
From what I recall, these cases go back to the '70s or '80s. louis-t May 2022 #33
When a Republikkkan makes an accusation, they're generally making a confession Orrex May 2022 #25
Boebert's husband world wide wally May 2022 #26
I'm seeing a pattern here... bringthePaine May 2022 #29
Republican projection didn't begin with Trump dlk May 2022 #30
Bump. That #'s just the men whose power didn't save them from CONVICTION. Hortensis May 2022 #35
John Hathaway was partly responsible for Susan Collins being elected keithbvadu2 May 2022 #36
K & R & Bookmarked! SunSeeker May 2022 #38
There are lots more Sanity Claws May 2022 #39
Do we have any idea if a similar list could be made with Democrats? Poiuyt May 2022 #40
If it could, the sexual predator pukes would have it posted everywhere, and niyad May 2022 #42
Pretty sure that if there were a list, Reddit would have posted it by now. ancianita May 2022 #43
Yes, there are lots of lists HighFired49 May 2022 #51
KNR and bookmarking. niyad May 2022 #41
Well, don't you worry. As soon as Q-Anon hears about these guys Dark n Stormy Knight May 2022 #44
Every accusation is a confession YorkRd May 2022 #45
Here's the link to the DU archived post on the same topic. littlemissmartypants May 2022 #46
The "family values" crowd. milestogo May 2022 #47
The 'moral majority'. spanone May 2022 #49
There was a video of a woman who had compiled the research NCcoast Jan 2024 #52

Scrivener7

(50,950 posts)
3. I was just about to suggest the same thing! This should be pinned and we should add the names
Mon May 9, 2022, 02:16 PM
May 2022

every time one of them gets caught, and use it to reply to EVERY SINGLE republiQan who uses the "groomer" shit against a Democrat.

AND THEN the same thing should be done with voting violators.

Carlitos Brigante

(26,501 posts)
11. That's a damn good idea!! Just a week ago I posted a reply to some trolling bag of shit on YouTube.
Mon May 9, 2022, 02:48 PM
May 2022

Where I listed some of the very people you see above. But it was a tiny fraction, compared to this. And yes, I know that getting into arguments with YouTube trolls is like farting in the wind. But he seemed like a busy one. Was talking shit to everyone in the section. When I replied with that list................. crickets..........

wnylib

(21,468 posts)
48. There is another name to add, although
Tue May 10, 2022, 09:51 AM
May 2022

he was never charged and is still in office.

New York State Republican Congressman Tom Reed was among the first to call for Governor Cuomo to resign and be charged with sex crimes before there was an investigation by AG Letitia James. He called Cuomo "disgusting and shameful."

Then it came out that a young woman in her 20s was groped in a lounge by a drunken Reed. He had unhooked her bra from behind and started fondling her thighs while she was with a group of representatives of her company who had met with Reed as lobbyists for their company. She had to get help from the bartender and men in her group to get him away from her and escort him out of the building.

She reported it to her supervisor immediately, asking how to deal with it. There were all the witnesses in the lounge, too.

When it was revealed, Reed initially responded with a statement that the reporting of the incident was not accurate. Eventually he gave a limp, non apology that blamed his "disorder" of alcoholism.

But he did withdraw from candidacy for New York governor and said that he would not run for Congress again.

This drunken sex predator is still serving out his current term in Congress.

MagickMuffin

(15,943 posts)
5. But Wait There's MORE and this is why they want to abolish age requirements for marriage
Mon May 9, 2022, 02:31 PM
May 2022


Republican Rep. Mark Foley sent email messages from his personal AOL account to a former Congressional page, asking the page to send a photo of himself to Foley, among other things.

Republican GOP strategist Anton Lazzaro appears on federal child sex trafficking charges with new defense team


Republican National Committee aide Ruben A. Verastigui admitted he had 152 videos and 50 images of child porn and traded sexual images of kids




There's plenty more to add to the list


FM123

(10,053 posts)
8. All that projection, and it's obvious they don't want us to notice it's THEM
Mon May 9, 2022, 02:38 PM
May 2022

Perhaps the Lincoln Project can use this list to made a great ad around the midterms.

HighFired49

(350 posts)
9. Let's not go down this road...
Mon May 9, 2022, 02:47 PM
May 2022

It seems that lots of folks, nearly all male, from both parties have issues: Took only one simple search to get long lists. Looks to me as though we need much stronger laws and punishments for sex offenders, especially pedophiles.

momta

(4,079 posts)
31. THIS!
Mon May 9, 2022, 04:35 PM
May 2022

"Pedophile!" is the new "Terrorist!" which was the new "Communist!". They keep trying to pin their versions of "the worst of humanity" bullshit on anyone who has a different political opinion than they do. Fuck that.

Tommymac

(7,263 posts)
20. Sorry, fuck that 'both siderism'.
Mon May 9, 2022, 03:45 PM
May 2022

Not meaning to be mean, please don't take it personal - not meant that way at all - but I am fed up with it.

That is all.



Blue Owl

(50,383 posts)
50. They paved this road with their own actions -- now they can walk down it
Tue May 10, 2022, 11:05 AM
May 2022

After what those fucks did to Al Franken, I wanna see them blown to smithereens

EYESORE 9001

(25,939 posts)
14. Do a search for a blog named 'Armchair Subversive'
Mon May 9, 2022, 03:04 PM
May 2022

I don’t believe it’s still active, but it has a wealth of information on repug sex offenders.

IronLionZion

(45,447 posts)
18. Gross Old Projectionists
Mon May 9, 2022, 03:24 PM
May 2022

Gang Of Perverts

Seeing as how these people project everything they do, Qanon is probably up to some nasty crimes.

louis-t

(23,295 posts)
32. The list that I have dates back to the '70s. 20 years ago
Mon May 9, 2022, 04:40 PM
May 2022

almost all of these cases had a link to a news story from a local paper. Years later, the newspapers have been gobbled up by other papers or gone out of business and the websites have come down.
Some of them still have links that work. Here is a more complete list.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTFikAP6MXDCJjWzgMIOvpsT1ji-HwO-rLEvNE8e-cfCGh0YHoZluIG5TEsmwFub7MzIDfh0XgvcWL8/pub

txwhitedove

(3,928 posts)
24. Thanks for posting. Do we know timeframe on these, like
Mon May 9, 2022, 04:11 PM
May 2022

all in last 20 years? I looked at article but did not see it there either.

Orrex

(63,213 posts)
25. When a Republikkkan makes an accusation, they're generally making a confession
Mon May 9, 2022, 04:14 PM
May 2022

Currently they're all throbbing over the "pedo" label that they fling indiscriminately at anyone to the Left of Clarence Thomas, so of course there are dozens and dozens of convicted Republikkkans out there.

keithbvadu2

(36,812 posts)
36. John Hathaway was partly responsible for Susan Collins being elected
Mon May 9, 2022, 09:19 PM
May 2022

Susan Collins was a 'right time, right place' candidate...

She was in a three person primary race and so far back she could not even see the other two candidates' tail lights.

The millionaire candidate sponsored an investigation of the evangelist candidate (JH) who got run out of a southern state because he was boinking his twelve year old babysitter.

The millionaire denied his involvement but the public turned against both him and the evangelist, leaving Susan Collins as the sole remaining candidate.

Poiuyt

(18,124 posts)
40. Do we have any idea if a similar list could be made with Democrats?
Mon May 9, 2022, 11:17 PM
May 2022

I'd hate to go broadcasting this unless we can be shown to be more moral.

ancianita

(36,058 posts)
43. Pretty sure that if there were a list, Reddit would have posted it by now.
Mon May 9, 2022, 11:35 PM
May 2022

I could be wrong and might have missed it, but my radar's been out to see of "bothsiderism" has some basis in areas like this.

HighFired49

(350 posts)
51. Yes, there are lots of lists
Tue May 10, 2022, 11:51 AM
May 2022

i tried posting that idea (see up list) with a link, and got totally flamed for it. I suppose that it doesn't hurt to point out that both sides are guilty of molesting children, but I'm not sure that it does us much good. It certainly would have made a difference in my first post if I had known the purpose of posting a list of Republicans who are pedophiles. Just seeing a list doesn't explain much, and I still don't know the purpose of the original post.

littlemissmartypants

(22,666 posts)
46. Here's the link to the DU archived post on the same topic.
Tue May 10, 2022, 03:08 AM
May 2022

It's titled The Long list of Republican sex offenders...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1709387

Here's a sample...



Subject: Long list of Republican sex offenders


Republican County Constable Larry Dale Floyd was arrested on suspicion of soliciting sex with an 8-year old girl. Floyd has repeatedly won elections for Denton County, Texas, constable.
Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.
Republican Party leader Bobby Stumbo was arrested for having sex with a 5-year old boy.
Republican teacher and former city councilman John Collins pleaded guilty to sexually molesting 13 and 14 year old girls.
Republican campaign worker Mark Seidensticker is a convicted child molester.
Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.
Republican Mayor John Gosek was arrested on charges of soliciting sex from two 15-year old girls.
Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.
Republican Committeeman John R. Curtain was charged with molesting a teenage boy and unlawful sexual contact with a minor.
Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.
Republican zoning supervisor, Boy Scout leader and Lutheran church president Dennis L. Rader pleaded guilty to performing a sexual act on an 11-year old girl he murdered.
Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.
Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.
Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.
Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile.
Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.
Republican advertising consultant Carey Lee Cramer was charged with molesting his 9-year old step-daughter after including her in an anti-Gore television commercial.
Snip...


I hope you don't mind me elaborating on your post. This might be 1/10th of the entire post which was created by DUer Joanne98. The date of the OP is unclear but I think it is sometime in 2013 but much likely earlier. Republican depravity doesn't appear to have an end date.

❤ pants



NCcoast

(480 posts)
52. There was a video of a woman who had compiled the research
Fri Jan 19, 2024, 12:59 PM
Jan 2024

Thank you Zonker, this is great to have. But I'm looking for a video that had a pie graph showing the percentages of Republicans (75%) and Dens (20%). I believe she said there were 3 know trans people on the list out of some 6000+ and NO DRAG QUEENS.

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