r/politics • • 6h ago

Possible Paywall “You Protected Pedophiles!”: Protester Interrupts JD Vance Speech | The crowd quickly erupted in chants of “USA! USA!”

https://newrepublic.com/post/216922/protester-interrupts-jd-vance-speech-protected-pedophiles
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u/No-Cranberry6148 6h ago

Every day, Idiocracy is less sci-fi and more documentary.

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u/Dapper-Roller 6h ago

The fact that the crowd’s response to “You protected pedophiles!” is to chant “USA! USA!” tells you everything about MAGA.

They aren’t denying it. They can’t. The entire GOP has been covering up the Epstein files, slow-walking the release, redacting Trump’s name. When you can’t defend it, you just chant USA louder to drown out the truth.

That protester is braver than everyone in that room combined.

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u/throwawaylexluther 6h ago

They still defend it but I don't believe any of them actually believe it. My maga father admitted to me that pedophilia is not a deal breaker for home before he stormed out of family therapy.

I imagine most MAGA are like this too.

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u/No-Cranberry6148 6h ago

Pedophilia is not a deal breaker? That's got to be one of the most shocking statements I've ever heard and this is an age where we've heard everything.

But out of curiosity, what does he think he is obtaining from this that's so precious that he can overlook pedophilia?

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u/throwawaylexluther 6h ago

I honestly don't know.

These are the only things I learned from my parents during our family therapy sessions..

They never considered and still don't that they could be wrong

Pedophilia is not a deal breaker

Trans people are extremist for wanting rainbow sidewalks.

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u/Automatic_Taste_7242 4h ago

And the world shattering ideology of just letting them quietly live their lives

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u/MartiniPhilosopher 4h ago

It's not that he's getting anything from this.

It's that he believes children to be property. That's why they behave like this. That they act like everyone else is lying when others say it's actually terrible and harmful.

In their hearts, they think that children and women are property and you're allowed to do whatever you want to them.

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u/lukaspixels 3h ago

It's been made abundantly clear that pedophilia is not a deal breaker for any of this scum.

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u/burlap_underground 3h ago

They've been brainwashed to believe that however evil their guys are, the other guys are MORE evil, and are bringing about MORE destruction. So they have to accept whatever because accepting the more evil other guys is obviously worse.

It's quite insidious. And we're pretty fucked over it all.

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u/pfroo40 47m ago

Just look at that Ramasmarmy attack ad in Ohio. It features Amy Acton's birth mother saying not to vote for Amy. Amy was sexually abused at 12 years old by her stepfather. It was so bad the state removed her and her brother from the home. Guess what her mom did? She stayed with the abuser, the pedophile, for the rest of his despicable life. She blamed Amy for what happened. And now she thinks a Republican is better suited for governor than Amy.

This is the reality we are dealing with. MAGA are all abusers, and now victims of abuse from their party, and they stay anyway.