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Summary

Minnesota Republican state Sen. Justin Eichorn, who introduced a bill classifying "Trump Derangement Syndrome" as a mental illness, was arrested for allegedly soliciting sex from a minor.

Police say Eichorn believed he was meeting a 16-year-old girl but was actually texting undercover officers. His arrest came just a day after he and four other Republican senators introduced the controversial bill.

Eichorn, who is married with four children, was booked into jail and will be transferred to the Hennepin County Adult Detention Center.

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[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 2 points 3 minutes ago

Please edit title to include kiddie fucker pedo with four children. Reads like he could have had too many speeding tickets. Feels like msnbc in here.

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.world 9 points 1 hour ago

Pedophiles and sex offenders introducing invented mental illnesses. A great summary for the Republican party

[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 23 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Have a seat right over there...

How does he do that?!

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 75 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

You can't make this shit up.

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 15 points 8 hours ago

I wonder if this was on purpose… word gets around in those circles. People know each other.

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

no, you can. they're all pedophiles. every single one.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 15 points 2 hours ago

That's not fair. Republicans just make mistakes sometimes. Sometimes they let a non-pedophile into their ranks accidentally.

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

You can, but no one would be interested because "it's just not realistic." This is almost entirely a meme at this point.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 42 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder how long before the fake org called "doge" seeks to defund any police anywhere that are catching pedos, because it is probably just "waste, fraud and abuse" to bust what are probably mostly qons.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Hopefully it's done by the states, so they can't defend it.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Bloomington Police Department jail

It seems like its not federal. Minnosota Board of Pardons have zero republicans, one is Governor Tim Walz, the other is a Minnesota Supreme Court justice appointed by Tim Walz, and the Attorney General of Minnesota, who is a DFL member, so he has near zero chance of getting a pardon.

[–] Retropunk64@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Bloomington is a city in the Twin Cities metro. They're local cops.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Prosecutions that aren't federal are done by the state. Cities cannot prosecute. The district attorney who prosecutes does so in the name of the state, even if the district attorney is elected by the city. Mayors cannot pardon.

And if the DA drops a case without justificstion, the State Attorney General could pick up the prosecution.

[–] Retropunk64@lemmy.world 1 points 19 minutes ago

I didn't say cities can prosecute, just reaffirming that this isn't federal.

[–] elatedCatfish@lemm.ee 144 points 13 hours ago (13 children)

Republicans and pedophilia. Try to name a more iconic duo

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 53 points 12 hours ago (13 children)
[–] CherryBullets@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago

Ford and old drivers?

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[–] exploitedamerican@lemm.ee 9 points 10 hours ago

Capitalism and fascism

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[–] the_q@lemm.ee 21 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Cantaloupe877@lemmy.world 7 points 8 hours ago

Crazy huh...

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 12 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

The onion is going to have a hard time with this new competition, Clown world.

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 19 points 10 hours ago
[–] Tezzerets_Tea_Time@lemmy.world 104 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

So many fucking pedophiles in the conservative ranks. Gaslight. Obstruct. Project.

[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 35 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Modern conservatives lack the creativity to imagine plausible damning accusations.

They must draw from life.

When they hilariously try, we get "Jewish space lasers" and "pizza parlor child fight club rings."

Then they get angry that basically every creative and artistic field is dominated specifically by not them. When they get handed a budget to attempt creativity, we get preachfest garbage like "God's not dead 23" that spends 2 hours basically turning to the camera lecturing viewers about conservative grievances in the form of repetitive gotcha strawman scenarios like it's Festivus.

That's the problem with only hating, with only negativity, with only being against change. It's like trying to grow a flower by watering it with vinegar.

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 15 points 10 hours ago

Every accusation is a confession. The qons accuse normal Americans of having "derangement syndrome", meanwhile it is quite clear the magamaniacs are the ones with derangement.

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 9 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

If you are a public figure why would you risk this? I am not confident, but I am pretty sure there was some mid teir Diddy or Epstien he could have talk to.

Whatever. Not surprised, hope he spends the rest of his life in jail.

[–] Retropunk64@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago

Their God emperor Krasnov once said he could shoot someone in the middle of fifth avenue and not lose a vote, and they want to be just like him when they grow up.

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

you don't understand power, fascists, or pedophiles. but I repeat myself.

[–] CptCosmicMoron@lemmy.ca 140 points 15 hours ago

Once again, not a drag queen. We need to ban religious figures and Republican politicians from reading to children.

[–] whodrankarnoldpalmer@startrek.website 37 points 12 hours ago (9 children)

More catfishing, more stings like this, more receipts. Great way to start taking them down.

[–] AtHeartEngineer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Let me preface this with, I obviously don't support pedos, but generally encouraging law enforcement to setup and entrap people for any reason is pretty sketchy and can easily get out of hand.

My dude, I am 100% with you on that.

But everyone is apparently INSISTING on non-violent options, so…

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 12 points 11 hours ago

Good thing this is usually covered by state law enforcement. Federal wouldn't do shit.

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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 178 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

It's always the ones you most suspect.

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[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 32 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

This is fucking hilarious. What a twisted fuck. He's deranged in multiple ways, and probably a lot more we don't know about. Probably beats his wife and kids, and kicks his dog. Probably head of the HOA, too.

I hope his worst colleagues in prison have lots of fun with him.

[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

We all hate this guy, don't get me wrong, but making disgusting claims like that just lowers us to their level.

You can be a pedophile without being an HOA president.

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[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 13 points 11 hours ago

That timing could not have been any better...

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