Oklahoma Senator under investigation for incident at motel with teen boy

[freepotter]

Source: KFOR New Channel 4

MOORE, Okla. - Oklahoma Senator Ralph Shortey is under investigation for an incident at a motel with a teenage boy.

Cleveland County District Attorney Greg Mashburn told NewsChannel 4 the boy is 16 or 17, and that is the age of consent in Oklahoma.

Shortey is 35.

The incident took place at a Super 8 in Moore.


From oksenate.gov:
A member of the Rosebud Sioux Indian Tribe, Senator Ralph Shortey was born in Casper, Wyoming. He spent part of his childhood on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation in Grass Mountain, South Dakota before moving to Oklahoma City where he attended Moore Public Schools. Shortey graduated from West Moore High School in 2000, and following graduation he attended Heartland Baptist Bible College in Oklahoma City in preparation for mission work in Uganda. In 2002, Ralph married his high school sweetheart, Jennifer and continues to make his home in south Oklahoma City with their two children, Kaitlyn and Elena. With a growing family, Shortey decided against pursuing mission work and instead entered the oil and gas industry, working as a production consultant. In 2010 Shortey, a long-time political volunteer, decided to run for the Senate District 44 seat. In addition to serving in the Oklahoma State Senate, he is currently pursuing a degree in finance and economics. Senator Shortey’ s priorities in the Legislature include personal liberty, fighting illegal immigration and strengthening public safety in Oklahoma.

Read more: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwivocnT-NnSAhVIqFQKHfk2CPoQFggjMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fkfor.com%2F2017%2F03%2F14%2Foklahoma-senator-under-investigation-for-incident-at-motel-with-teen-boy%2F&usg=AFQjCNF-QpxYNk353YU1cv3gtCxkqvUhDw&sig2=_lhlNdKTjdWkVhtTfsZjKA

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He has also been stripped of all of his committee assignments, his office, parking space, etc. https://nondoc.com/2017/03/15/ralph-shortey-ok-senate-suspension/

Couldn't have happened to a better creep!

[UpInArms]

1. this is attempting to remind me of something I almost forgot

life is like a septic tank ... all the big turds rise to the top

sigh

[volstork]

2. A dead girl

or a live boy.
Republican family values. Hypocrites.

[enid602]

21. Shortey

I heard the boy was in this country legally, however so Shortey's golden in the eyes of the Republicans.

[GulfCoast66]

3. As the old Edwin Edwards said

' The only way he could lose is get caught with a little dead girl or a live boy'

You cannot make this shit up.

[eyeofnewt]

4. Shortey is short on

critical thinking skills- here's a bill he introduced in 2010-
"No person or entity shall manufacture or knowingly sell food or any other product intended for human consumption which contains aborted human fetuses in the ingredients or which used aborted human fetuses in the research or development of any of the ingredients."

[link:http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2012/01/oklahoma-lawmaker-ban-fetuses-food.html|

[Tess49]

8. Right in tune with the rest of our legislature. Bunch of self-righteous creeps.

[Kire]

36. Short Eyes

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=short%20eyes

[Tess49]

5. Moore is a suburb of OKC, and shares boundaries with Norman (my city). This will be rough

on his children. I hate that part of this. Glad he was caught.

[ProudLib72]

10. Sounds like it was rougher

on other people's babies.

[Tess49]

11. True, that. n/t

[George II]

6. Headline should have been more specific - STATE Senator, not "Senator"

[Stuart G]

7. I read he has ..."Christian Values.." more info and another link..

Some info...married, 35, 2 children... Been in the Oklahoma Senate since 2010

Here is a link...

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/03/oklahoma-senator-caught-hotel-room-underage-boy/

[Jarqui]

9. Here with Donald Trump Jr day after he was caught in the motel with the boy

http://heavy.com/news/2017/03/oklahoma-republican-ralph-shortey-teenage-boy/

[Hassin Bin Sober]

13. Hmm. Where did Trimp spend the night?

[Jarqui]

17. Kellyann Conway says Jr was watching with his camera in the king size microwave

[Bernardo de La Paz]

27. I think that was from 2015/16. Article badly written. It was removed the day after arrest. . . nt

[Jarqui]

28. The photo with Trump Jr was removed the day after his arrest

The article, dated Mar 15, 2017 is still there with that photo

A bunch in the media are running with the story of him with Trump Jr the day after - including a local CBS report, Daily Beast, NY Daily News
http://www.cbs8.com/story/34901851/okla-state-senator-and-trump-supporter-allegedly-caught-in-motel-room-with-teenage-boy-authorities

[Bernardo de La Paz]

29. OK, your link says he met with tRump Jr the week before the arrest. So it was 2017, but before.

[Jarqui]

30. Some reports said they met the day after. This is why:

He "was found with a teenage boy in a motel in the town of Moore on the night of March 9, police say"

It is reported that underneath the now deleted Mar 10th Facebook post of the pic of him with Trump Jr, he posted
http://heavy.com/news/2017/03/oklahoma-republican-ralph-shortey-teenage-boy/
"Was honored to have lunch today with Donald Trump Jr. and some very influential and passionate business leaders in our state."
... which was the day after the incident with the boy at the motel.

In defense of Trump Jr, which I'm not eager to do, I doubt he was aware of what had gone on hours before with the boy & police. It could be a gigantic fake news story if that is not true

[Scruffy1]

12. No mention of party affiliation, so he's a Republican.n/t

[Hassin Bin Sober]

14. Yeah, even the tv news report I saw was suspicious.

They don't mention his party , but get a quote from the local Democratic leader

No quote from local repigs.

When I saw "local democrats reached for comment" I thought uh oh. The I looked him up and thought "those sneaky mother fuckers"

[freepotter]

15. Republican and chair of Trump campaign in OK

More info here: http://republicinsanity.tumblr.com/post/102515288273/ralph-shortey

[Midnight Writer]

20. Isn't it remarkable that no place in that story did the word "Republican" appear?

But when you read his history I guess it is obvious.

[Skittles]

23. I see it

"The republican from Oklahoma City is married with children."

[mac56]

16. Rosebud.

[Crash2Parties]

18. Just to give you an idea of what sort of upstanding politician the guy is...

From colorlines.com, May 28, 2013:
Senator Ralph Shortey (R-Ok.) summed up some up the backlash, telling CNN that Latinos "are not assimilating and enriching the culture of Oklahoma. They are invading the culture...Oklahoma is not the melting pot...(Latinos are) not doing their culture any favors when it's shoved into Oklahomans' faces."

From Feministing, January 2012:

A Republican state senator from Oklahoma City introduced a bill Tuesday that would ban the use of aborted human fetuses in food, despite conceding that he’s unaware of any company using such a practice. Freshman Sen. Ralph Shortey said his own Internet research led him to believe such a ban is necessary and prompted him to offer the bill aimed at raising “public awareness” and giving an “ultimatum to companies” that might consider such a policy.

And from the DallasVoice, same year:

One bill he filed in the last session of the Legislature would have denied Oklahoma citizenship to children of illegal immigrants born in the state. Exactly what is “Oklahoma citizenship”? Possibly no Oklahoma passports would be issued to them. However, the U.S. Constitution grants U.S. citizenship to anyone born in this country. Can you be a U.S. citizen in only 49 states? Well, maybe. After all, you can be legally married in some and can cross a state line and suddenly not be married.

And here’s a big surprise — Shortey is a “birther.” In another piece of failed legislation, a presidential candidate would have to provide proof of citizenship to be placed on an Oklahoma primary ballot.

He also introduced bills to eliminate the Court of Criminal Appeals, to confiscate the cars and homes of illegal immigrants, and to allow legislators to carry firearms anywhere in the state, including on the floor of the Senate and House.

From the Duncanbanner, February 2017:

Voters at the time overwhelmingly approved a pair of state questions that would institute those reforms. State Question 780 reclassified certain non-violent drug and theft offenses from felonies to misdemeanors, in an effort to reduce the number of people locked up in prison. A companion piece, State Question 781, sends any savings to counties to pay for rehabilitation programs. Many law enforcement officers and prosecutors didn’t favor the changes, and the pros and cons were debated throughout the campaign. Now, state lawmakers have introduced several bills that would change parts of the laws. One legislator, state Sen. Ralph Shortey, R-Oklahoma City, drew a lot of criticism because of two bills he introduced. They would, if approved by the Legislature as is, undo every change made in the the state questions approved by voters.

From the HeraldCurrier last week:

(on his bill allowing property owners to shoot down drones) "It doesn't matter how you damage that thing," Shortey said. "As a private citizen, you have a reasonable expectation of privacy above your property"

Stephen McKeever serves as chairman of the governor's Unmanned Aerial Systems Council, which opposes the legislation. He said drones are classified as an aircraft and that it's against federal law to shoot down an aircraft. "So, the bill opens itself up to the state pre-emption of federal law," McKeever said. McKeever argued that the bill encourages the discharge of a weapon within a residential area, which against state law.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

19. Turns this is the douche bag sponsoring "drone shoot down" legislation to protect illegal...

... bird shoots from being filmed by activists. Illegal shoots staring none other than Oklahoma's biggest douche bag, James Inhofe.



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[gopiscrap]

22. typical all republicans are like this

I would never let my children play with or go near children of republican parents because they will fuck them one way or another

[SunSeeker]

24. Just another Republican scumbag. nt

[truthisfreedom]

25. GOP Oklahoma Senator Ralph Shortey (R)

These folks like to pretend they don't know he's a repuke.

[bucolic_frolic]

26. The inhaling of political power is bringing out their true selves

No inhibitions, no self-control, just flat out reach for anything they want

Sicko's by any measure

[58Sunliner]

31. The guy looks like a sleazy huckster.

They don"t know the age of the minor? Hmmm. Another hypocrite disinfected.

[left-of-center2012]

32. Since he's married, isn't this adultery?

One news article said he is a conservative christian.
What's the Bible punishment for adultery?

[Bengus81]

33. KICK this back to the top.....

NAIL that SOB!!

[Bengus81]

34. Now been charged with THREE counts of Prostitution.................

Oh oh............

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/child-prositution-charges-filed-oklahoma-state-senator-article-1.2999953

Republican Sen. Ralph Shortey, a leader of President Trump’s Oklahoma primary campaign, was charged in Cleveland County with engaging in child prostitution, transporting a minor for prostitution and engaging in prostitution within 1,000 feet of a church, the Dayton Daily News reported.

[muriel_volestrangler]

35. What crappy reporting: "the boy is 16 or 17, and that is the age of consent in Oklahoma"

For a start, which is it? Is he 16, or is he 17? And which of those two is the age of consent? If "that" means "the second one I just mentioned", then there's no problem with the age of consent. And how come the District Attorney is unable to say how old the boy is? Shouldn't that be something fundamental he determines before talking to the media?

The 'nondoc' link says there are "prostitution-related charges". But the first article doesn't mention prostitution at all.