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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-north-dakota-lawmaker-sentenced-traveling-europe-pay-sex-minors
Mar 26, 2025 1:03 PM
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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-north-dakota-lawmaker-sentenced-traveling-europe-pay-sex-minors
LiarLiarPantsUntier
I am surprised, not really, at how much he's not a drag queen.
Calicoastin818
the GOP stands for Gross Old Pedophiles
lonelyrangerofthedreams
Why? Isn’t it legal there yet? I thought your President was into that too.
Weneedbees
“Ex-North” - does that mean he’s now a South Dakota law maker? Badum tssss.
volkheath
I’m ND born and bred. This piece of shit was a guidance counselor at my high school for decades. Always around kids, always had the level of creepiness around him that comes from a predator.
Even back in the early 90’s, it was a well known secret that he would say inappropriate things to certain kids but the principal and the school district would hand wave away any complaints made. He was a model citizen, they’d say, and any issues were just an attempt to bring down a family man.
captdiscommfort
Still not a drag queen. Certainly on brand for republicans though.
Thornaxe
This is the one exception I’ll allow for whole “prosecution for crimes must be pursued in the state/country in which said crimes are committed”
SecretlyASquirrel
I read that very wrong "To be sentenced to travelling to Europe to pay for sex with a minor"
ChaoticEnigma1121
fractalsphere
THREE YEARS for paying to rape a child? Should be 30 with no chance of parole. I don't care how old he is.
MaybeIllDisappear
From the Wiki: The maximum sentence was 30 years imprisonment and $250,000 in fines, and he will be required to register as a sex offender. Holmberg's allocation additionally included admissions of sex quid pro quo, receipt and consumption of child pornography. Due to Holmberg's health problems, Judge Hovland released him from custody with a GPS tracker, pending sentencing, despite previous violations of his terms of release. There is no required minimum sentencing.
Munchman347
Sounds like he has a minor problem... I wonder if they'll play the 'Devout Christian and Rep-Con Patriot' card... Yeah, I know they will...
mangonel
I'm just going to point out that Europe is in general pretty tough on child prostitution and there is no particular reason he would come here for that
Shitzamboni
This, I'm wondering if it's an old soviet-bloc country and they just blanket statmented it as "Europe" since what you usually think of when reading Europe (i.e France/Spain/Scandinavia/germany etc) are extremely tough on that shit indeed.
mangonel
Yeah... go to Poland or Romania and ask for kids, you will be lucky just to get your balls cut off. Unless you are a Catholic priest, but you have those in the US too
Cavalrysword
https://www.dailykos.com/history/user/CajsaLilliehook A list of GOP child molesters.
sfrinlan
Thanks for the share. I haven't seen this list before.
cromstantinople
A partial list...
ourari
I'm surprised there's space for anything else left on the internet.
taez555
Dude's 81? Also, if he'd only waited a few months, he probably wouldn't have had to leave the country.
eion85
The photo is from 2009, when he was 65.
And he's clearly dyed his hair, or he's wearing a toupee, or both.
taez555
Honestly, I'm just impressed his wang still works at 81.
lljkstonefish
He's clearly dyed his toupee.
cosinewave
This is apparently who the Republicans are.
wadatahmydamie
And have been for decades.
They used to kick out the child molesters (such as Dennis Hastert), but then they realized if they did that, party leadership would be like four guys
sfrinlan
Remind me again who those four guys would be, specifically? Drawing a blank on names...
cytherians
9 times out of 10, it's a Republican. There are red states where marriage to a 16 year old girl is sanctioned. There are Republican lawmakers who have stated that the fault of rape is due to women being sexually enticing, and not the fault of the male attacker.
There are NO REPUBLICANS who come out to publicly rebuke Republican sexual predators, even of minors. And this pretty much tells you that they don't want anything to change.
rjkardo
Much younger than 16
cytherians
I'd seen someone say 14 in one state, but then it was supposedly debunked. But I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be true.
RoseTheSpecialEdTeacher
Missouri had 14 until 2018. Its 16 now. But there are repubs that want that restriction removed.
cytherians
Thanks -- so I didn't imagine it. I would not at all be surprised if there's Republican men pushing to get it lowered to 14... and some even demanding 12.