Pritt was initially elected to the state House as a Democrat in 2022 but changed his political affiliation to Republican the year after. Republican Party chair Elgine McArdle said in a statement that Pritt had realized that the “Democratic Party of today is not the Democratic Party that our parents grew up with.”

State Republicans have filed numerous bills seeking to restrict gender-affirming care for transgender minors, ban trans student-athletes from playing on sports teams that match their gender identity, and nullify cities’ non-discrimination ordinances.

In 2023, Pritt voted for a ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth. State Sen. Mike Azinger ® said that the bill was needed because gender is “self-evident” and that the bill was needed to stop doctors who want to “chop up a child,” even though gender affirming surgery is almost never performed on minors and the bill banned non-surgical interventions.

Why is it always the ones you most suspect?

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    I’m gonna be devils advocate, and agree with them not using rape in their title wording.

    The biggest issue here is that they used the word “sex” to describe what happened to a child.

    The devil doesn’t need more advocates.

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        They were meeting so the lawmaker could rape the student.

        I’m not going to be passive about this. Children can’t have sex.

        Defending this wording says way more about you than me.

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                Yes, it would be considered a redundant phase. Sex without consent is rape.

                Children cannot consent to sex with adults.

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                  I am pretty sure you’re wrong about this but I’m unsure where you’re pulling this definition from, so maybe that would help sort it out.

                  In 1530, could a 14 year old “have sex”? Are you leaning on morality to define sex this way, or legality?

                  To be clear, this semantic argument feels much more like virtue signalling than anything else, but I’m open to be convinced it’s more than that.

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                    You’re pretty sure I’m wrong, but you can’t figure out why. Just to be clear - you’re pretty sure I’m wrong about children being unable to consent to sex with adults

                    We’re not talking about 1530. We’re talking about right now. We’re talking about THIS case with THIS child that was raped by a lawmaker.

                    I took issue with the author describing this abuse as “sex” when it is impossible for a child to consent to sex with an adult.

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        Well, well. Look at that. They did the responsible thing and updated the title.

        Are you confused about how this guy abused this child now?