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Under rana mcdaniel, the same rana mcdaniel that now has the nerve to attack ketanji brown jackson for being soft on child porn offenders. you might say all of those republicans deny those accusations and they weren't convicted of any crimes. okay, fine. how about denny hastert, former republican house speaker for eight years. he went to prison in 2016 after admitting to sexually abusing young boys. the judge called him a serial child molester. the former speaker. how about ruben verastagi. the 24-year-old former republican staffer who was sentenced to 12.5 years for trading in child pornograp...

Just this past thursday! in fact, ironically, the same day that judge jackson was confirmed to the supreme court. to be clear, i'm not suggesting that the republican party is a party of pedophiles. that's the kind of collective blaming and smearing that republicans use to demonize democrats and liberals more broadly. we shouldn't help them turn child sex crimes into a party political weapon. yet, as jordan wiseman of slate points out, in an article documenting much of what i just pointed out, quote, if conservatives are going to smear progressives as groomers, it's certainly fair to bring up t...