Virginia GOP tries to weaken pedophilia laws after Republican gets caught with child-porn.

[DetlefK]

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/3/10/1838770/-When-leniency-for-child-porn-suddenly-became-a-top-priority-for-VA-GOP-Majority-Leader?utm_campaign=trending

Ask anyone in Virginia what priorities the state legislature should focus on, and I challenge you to find one person who would say that the state’s child porn punishment is too harsh. Yet with Senate Bill 1560, that is exactly what Tommy Norment tried to “fix”. The bill would have cut the maximum from 30 years down to 20, and the minimum from five to two years.

The big question everyone asked was…. why? Who the hell asked for that?

Norment said it was “brought to my attention” by Commonwealth Attorneys—yet that seems odd since they were very vocal against it. Louisa County C.A. Rusty McGuire was absolutely livid about it:

...

Then Blue Virginia pointed out something that happened prior to his bill, in what I’m certain was a completely unrelated story:

A former chairman of the James City County Republican Committee appeared in federal court Wednesday after he was arrested and charged with receiving child pornography, according to United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia records.

[Kurt V.]

1. holy cow. there really is no bottom

[Power 2 the People]

28. +1

[DirtEdonE]

32. The only time these freaky repubicans ever really reach bottom

Is when they're ass munching.

Which is one of their favorite pastimes, I hear.

pootin has it on video.

[saidsimplesimon]

2. Thanks for sharing this

I do not post on dkos. I do read the diaries a couple of times during the week.

[DoctorJoJo]

3. Struggling to Find Words--Just When You Think Repukes Can't Sink Any Lower .....

[TNNurse]

8. I, too am at a loss for words.

Deplorable, despicable, heinous come to mind but I think he should always be addressed as child pornography advocate Tommy Norment in the future.

[JHB]

26. When you think they can't go any lower...

...the whip out an ACME cartoon portable hole, slap it down, and dive, dive, dive.

[Volaris]

30. Welk, look on the bright side:

By the time Trump leaves office, money laundering, sex trafficking, and High Treason just ....WONT BE crimes anymore..
YAY GO TEAM!!

[Haggis for Breakfast]

4. And yet they WILL call themselves christians.

[2naSalit]

5. Soooo...

Does anyone still doubt that there is a child/human trafficking operation going on that they would die to keep secret?

It's global and they are trying to protect each other... all while stealing children to sell in our name.

[smirkymonkey]

13. No doubt in my mind that they are all either pedophiles or covering for

pedophiles. It's absolutely sickening.

[OMGWTF]

16. There's a fk-ton of Catholics on the SCOTUS and in Congress.

[aggiesal]

33. Are you implying that all Catholics are pedophiles? ...

If so, I find that highly offensive.

[spanone]

6. this episode is the republican party in a nutshell.

[Duppers]

9. Zactly!

This frickin monster represents my district!! I'm surrounded by military, retired military, and other dumbagogues.

[maxrandb]

21. Hey! I'm retired military and I'm as Blue as the Caribean Sea

A whole bunch of us helped Elaine Luria send that fucking slug Scott Taylor packing.

We are NOT a monolithic group, it's just that the right-wing propaganda machine happens to be the loudest thing most military hear.

Dems ought to launch a D-Day type assault on the military. Pierce that bubble of Rightwing Nuttiness, and there's no limit to the number of military members that will support Democrats.

Democrats are ON THE CORRECT SIDE of EVERY FUCKING ISSUE veterans and Active Duty members care about.

Elaine busted that bubble...other Dems can too!

[47of74]

25. that reminds me - I gotta bitch at Google again.

I want to use parental controls to block Faux News in my house. I'm the one paying for the service so I figure I'm the one that gets to decide on things like that. It'd be different if I wasn't the one paying for the service but I figure since I'm fronting the cast for it I get to make all the rules.

[Victor_c3]

35. Another Disabled Veteran here

I served in the Army from 1997 - 2007, Infantry Platoon Leader in Iraq 2004-2005, and currently a totally and permanately disabled veteran as a result. I lean very hard left in my politics.

[Duppers]

37. You've seen the truth.

Everyone of my neighbors, neighborhood, and much of the larger community in this military area lean right. Fauxbots, all of them.

Thank you for your service.

You seem to be in a minority of military who see the truth. Is that also your perception?

[Victor_c3]

39. Mostly - and it really surprises me

My military experiences, if anything, pushed me left and solidified that stance. If you truly love and support your military, why would you want to send it to wage a war about nothing? Like your own child, would you want them to die for nothing?

I don’t get it.

[Duppers]

40. Exactly. But the last two wars/military actions...

..have been about trying to control oil supply across the world.

And this administration is trying to "trump" up another two wars - Iraq and Venezuela. What do these two countries have in common? Oil.

These wars have not been about protecting our country but to make the rich richer.
But you know all of this.

[2naSalit]

22. Certainly is! ...nt

[SWBTATTReg]

7. I hope that democratic candidates in Virginia take advantage of this news in the next ...

election of the repugs enacting a law such as this to obviously benefit one of their own who got in trouble with the law doing something reprehensible. This looked like a federal crime being that he appeared in federal court...is this a state crime too (of course most places it would be, but changing state law wouldn't impact federal law)...

[liberalnarb]

10. Well, we already knew Rump donates to NAMBLA.

[Sherman A1]

11. Hmmmm

does smell a bit fishy? Also seems a bit inept as changing state laws may not be of much help to someone who is appearing in Federal Court.

[underpants]

12. As a transplant tah VahGinuh I understand the language

Norment is telling everyone "it's ok" " no need to be alarmed heyeuh..it's all fine."

The Va GOP was bankrupt in 1996 due to a a massive sexual harassment suit. Allen and John Warner bailed them out from their campaign funds. They've been grasping at straws since. 2017 was a MASSIVE statement on their position.

[backtoblue]

14. W.T.F.

[Mabel]

15. There is a new level of hell now...

The new 10th level is called the Republican Club....

[NoMoreRepugs]

17. Family values. Christian values. How bout NO VALUES?

[Catch2.2]

18. I hope the Dems....

are running ads about this. "Republicans voted to reduce penalties for pedophiles!" That's the message they need to get out!

[tclambert]

19. But did he wear a tan suit?

It's all about family values and Jesus and stuff. And what about Hillary's emails?

[nitpicker]

20. Link to the story about the former chairman

https://wydaily.com/story/2017/01/31/former-jcc-republican-chair-pleads-guilty-to-child-pornography-charges/

[IronLionZion]

23. When they accused Hillary of Pizzagate, I suspected there was something wrong within the GOP

but was hoping this wasn't the case. Looks like they've been projecting everything. Every time a GOP official accuses a Dem of anything, the Republicans should be investigated for it.

[donkeypoofed]

24. OMG, they are such hypocrites !! That's evil of them!

[Rabrrrrrr]

27. But they love to get poutraged and fauxraged over pizza restaurants that don't actually have child

trafficking.

Assholes.

So goddamn tired of the GOP bullshit.

It's never fucking-ending and shows no bottom limit to the bar.

I really thought the GOP had screwed the pooch ethically during Dubya's administration. Truly thought there was no way they could lower the bar anymore and survive, and part of me thought that they couldn't possibly be evil enough to dive any deeper than they had back then.

And yet every year they go deeper and deeper and deeper into the pit of shame and debauchery, and their supporters just go right along with them pretending all the time that they're actually on the moral high ground even though they are so far below ground they can't even see the light at the top of the hole any more.

[beachbum bob]

29. lol, what a great campaign issue for democrats in Virginia to hammer GOP with

[Karadeniz]

31. Just defies belief.

[getagrip_already]

34. Federal charges arent affected by state law....

What am i missing here? He was charged with a federal crime. Changing state law is stupid, but wouldnthy affect him in the least.

[Victor_c3]

36. So I guess Roy Moore wasn't a one-off n/t

[SunSeeker]

38. K & R for exposure.

[sakabatou]

41. WTF?!

[IluvPitties]

42. Greedy Old Perverts.