Republican candidate charged with child porn offenses hours before election
newsweek.com
A Texas Republican city council candidate is facing felony child pornography charges after being arrested just hours before the elections.
Brad Benson, a candidate for Place #4 on the city council of Granbury, located just southwest of Fort Worth, was arrested on November 6. "I can confirm he was arrested by the District Attorney's Office yesterday and charged with two felony child pornography charges, he should have a bond set today," Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds told Newsweek.
The Republican Party of Hood County (RPHC) withdrew its support for Benson after more details about the charges emerged.
Yet another not a drag queen caught
When the list gets so long and tedious even the list maker gives up years ago.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/7/14/2181252/-Republican-Sexual-Predators-Abusers-and-Enablers-Pt-43
He’s a gay man, I’m sure the right will use this to fuel their bullshit argument that gay people are pedos.
They are just rlly hard to catch, they run rlly fast /s
Obviously they are fast, haven't you ever been to a drag race?
Ahahahah, yeah very popular between Republicans and rednecks.
Always a Republican/Conservative. I wonder what the odds are this guy still wins.
My state GOP representative died of COVID weeks before the election and won. Gotta love red states 😩
Wait. What? Who???
https://www-nbcnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1246393?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16994499758950&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcnews.com%2Fnews%2Fus-news%2Fman-who-died-coronavirus-wins-election-north-dakota-state-legislature-n1246393
Link doesn't seem to work. His name was Andahl in ND.
FWIW, it's nothing new. It's also pretty well-publicized what will happen if the dead guy wins. In most situations, it's the same as if they had died while in office. So, for example, your actual choices would be either the (alive) Democrat or an unknown replacement chosen by the Republican governor.
This will probable earn him even more votes.
"Sounds like leftist spin. He just loves the children!" - Avg. Texan Republican voter.
We all prefer he "love the children" from behind bars under 24/7 armed guard.
Honestly, this is the most shocking part
You know they had to think about it for a while, they didn't just make that call immediately
That’s what they said. “After more details emerged”.
As in the initial story came out, RPHC just said “now hold on there, this may not be that bad. Let’s just see how it plays out”.
Article basically says they talked to the sheriff in private who told them "he asked for and received the porn on purpose". Don't know how a PR person is supposed to spin that.
Well, he can't very well continue standing in election for local government when he's on the cusp of being invited to Mar a Lago to run for VP
Well they clearly disapprove of his getting caught
Repub plot lines getting repetitive AF. Where’s that guy that posts that long-ass list of republican perverts?
Did they make it over to Lemmy? If not, someone may have to take up the mantle.
Coulda swore I’ve seen him here somewhere.
You mean POPPINKREAM?
Nah, don’t think it was kream. Someone else.
Wait is this one of those gay democrat drag queens?
A GOP member, a Catholic priest, and a boy scout walk into a bar. I mean daycare.
A GOP member, priest, and serial child rapist walks into a bar. He sits down and says "One drink please. "
Boy scout Scoutmaster
His website: https://www.bradbenson.org/about
I’m sure the right will basically blame this on him being a gay man.
just on websites?
come on man, if a "parade" is flaunting, so is a fucking website. have some fucking consistency in your ass backwards shit for brains beliefs
First of all, fuck that guy.
But a parade is pretty much the definition of flaunting. It's intentionally in your face and hard to ignore, unlike a web site. It's entirely justified flaunting IMHO, and also not what homophobes are generally referring to when they accuse LGBT+ people of flaunting their sexuality, but I don't see what's gained by saying it's not flaunting.
I'd argue that writing something unencrypted and ungated on a website for the purpose of someone else to read meets a certain definition of "flaunt."
It's a different kind, but also - unless you carry a sign with your name on it, being in a parade is anonymous, this was "flaunted" on a site directly related to this person and their political career, so the expectation is for it to be publicly available and to be read by others by the author - again, a different but valid definition of "flaunt."
I'm sure he is equally disgusted by the displays of heterosexuality in most parades, or maybe he is blind to that because that's "normal".
Really? Really??
No worries, I’m sure he handled all the CSAM in the privacy of his own home. That counts, right? /s
As long as there is parental supervision. /S
Sure. When it's just another hetero Republican guy with a beard who commits a crime, they completely ignore it. If they can score points because someone who commits a crime is gay, liberal or trans, they'll act as if those are the only people who ever commit whatever crime.
"Republican charged with" always is followed one or more of the following
I should start a bingo card
Indecent exposure and Trafficking a minor
Are two more that come to mind
?? But Trumpie said you CAN'T get prosecuted for anything when you're running for office! Election Interference!!
Was looking for this! Thank you!
This whole Justus SysTim is a fraud!
republican voters be like: that cinches it. he's got my vote
Looks like the qtards have studiously been looking everywhere but inside their own house.
Wonder who owns a pizza parlor with a basement, we should probably check them out just to be safe.
At this point, every republican should already be on a watch list.
HeS aNtIfA!- Jim Bob Smith, Slack-jawed yokel
Even as dumb as many of the base are, I still think it is very telling that the right has made being, ahem, against fascism a bad thing.
surprise! repressed guy with no empathy does crimes against small people.
Very good to see. No place for that in politics.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A Texas Republican city council candidate is facing felony child pornography charges after being arrested just hours before the elections.
"The executive committee has conferred, spoken with law enforcement, confirmed more substantial information, and unanimously withdraws their support for Mr. Benson," the statement added.
"We sincerely hope that the grace and peace of our merciful God comes upon all the children and families involved and that healing, repentance, and restoration will be seen in personal lives, along with our beloved community."
According to the United States Sentencing Commission (USSC), in 2022 there were 41 child pornography offenders in the Northern District of Texas where Granbury is located.
"I pray for all the children who may have been hurt as a result of Brad Benson's actions if true," said Charles Beard, an army veteran who is standing for Place 4 on the city council.
Rhonda Williams, who is standing in the separate November 7 Granbury ISD school board election, said of the allegations: "As a mom and grandmother, my heart is broken for all the innocent children hurt by this, if the charges are true.
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I hate that this kind of news no longer surprises me.
It's a city council election... which is why the headline isn't specific.
Is it newsworthy? Yes
Is this post title intentionally vague because most people won't read the article and will assume it's at LEAST a mayoral or state congressmen? Yes
Unless someone lives in this district and is personally affected by the particulars of how the election will be handled, why does it matter whether it's city council, or school board, or county government, or state, or federal?
I'm at a loss trying to understand your central point. I don't want to put words in your mouth but I'm getting the vibe that the point is it's "only" city council.
That's significant though, you see. It's at this level of government that a lot of the harmful rhetoric is playing out about transgender folk being groomers and pedos; a message proclaimed loudly by a certain type of republican.
Conservatives keep getting twisted out of shape about people that look and love differently having equal rights to them, meanwhile keep electing pedos, philanderers, rapists, and many of the other qualities they project onto others.