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marmar

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Fri Apr 30, 2021, 09:28 PM Apr 2021

To be a modern-day Republican is to be a DSM-5 psychopath


Kansas Republican arrested for attack on student after rant about God talking to him: report

"Kansas state Rep. Mark Samsel was arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery on Thursday after getting into a physical altercation with a student while substitute teaching in Wellsville. Samsel, 36, was booked into the Franklin County Adult Detention Center after 3:30 p.m. Thursday," the Kansas City Star reports. "He has since been released on $1,000 bond, Sheriff Jeff Richards said."

"On Wednesday, Samsel, R-Wellsville, was substitute teaching at the Wellsville school district's secondary school. Throughout the day, high school students began recording videos of the lawmaker talking about suicide, sex, masturbation, God and the Bible," the newspaper reported. ..............(more)

https://www.rawstory.com/kansas-mark-samsel-arrested/




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To be a modern-day Republican is to be a DSM-5 psychopath (Original Post) marmar Apr 2021 OP
Absolute fact! SheltieLover Apr 2021 #1
He should serve jail time Diamond_Dog Apr 2021 #2
According to the more complete article Raw Story took, he's been charged with battery csziggy Apr 2021 #3
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