That looks like a picture of a dad, his daughter, and his grandson.
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"Nu-uh! It's only grooming when my kid realizes they're gay, not when I trade her like a brood mare to an influential political old fart in exchange for financial favors and political sponsorship of my relatives!"
I bet you this guy, without a shred of irony, screams "groomer" every time it's brought to his attention that drag queens exist. Screams until he's hyperventilating and blue in the face. And 100% believes he's the good guy fighting the good fight.
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That's really unfair to paint all Republicans with that brush. Some of them are married to groomers.
The body language in the photo makes me want to vomit. GIRL, GET OUT OF THERE.
Not to mention her 'hide the pain Harold' eyes.
Her smile is so fake.
0% chance you would have any problem with the "body language" if you had seen this image with no context, lol. There is literally nothing odd about the body language, at all.
People don't even realize how deeply bias affects their interpretation.
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As far as I know she wants to be there.
That’s what happens with grooming, hence the word.
Y'all Qaeda
He looks like Gothmog.
Don't do Gothmog dirty like this. A disfigured and crippled orc being able to command a marching army and dodge half a house thrown at him is definitely in better shape than these pedophiles that can't even sit on a chair straight.
Gothmog was based on Harvey Weinstein, so the comparison is perfectly apt.
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Her: if I marry this old fucker I'll collect so much life insurance some day.
yeah because children are so calculating...
Someone else in the thread has posted an article. They married in 2011, she completed highschool in 2007. She must have been 21-22 when she married. Not really a child (but also nothing tells us she is in for the money, obviously!).
Edit:
https://prospect.org/politics/how-republican-rep-john-rose-found-his-wife/ The article above reports she is from 1989, apparently.
if you've been groomed from childhood it doesn't really matter at what age you get married. you've still been manipulated and one can hardly assume real agency is involved. mind that people usually don't say "let's get married" and do it that year. the idea of marriage was likely discussed and decided on way earlier.
OK, but it's a big IF, it's as much as a conjecture as assuming she is in for the money. We don't know when they actually started having a relationship, we don't know if any "grooming" happened, nor to what extent, we don't know when they decided to get married.
Also, they seem to have met when she was 18. That's already not a child (which means it can hardly be called grooming). Plus, grooming is not like a lifetime spell, it's something that victims blames themselves for usually, but not something that they never realize.
To me it seems they simply have a very big age difference.
this is like a notch above "it's ephebophilia actually"
they meet when she was 17, in highschool. he was not. a couple years later he gave her a scholarship for college and later they got married.
no it's not a big conjecture. considering he's an anti LGBT republican makes it almost a guarantee actually.
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Okay let's not have fun on this innocent kid whose dad is an idiot
Simply pointing out that this guy and his kid have been in the news lately. You may infer that this kid has a bright future ahead of him despite his idiot dad, but can we agree that you came to this conclusion on your own?
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Pedocons
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She looks 14 tops and he looks like her dad.
That pic really puts the age difference in perspective
What the fuck....
Also, where were the parents of that girl to stop this shit? Also, where were the friends of that girl to stop thta shit?
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Ewwww
Ewewewewewwww
And the GOP wants her not to be able to divorce him unlike the Democrats.
That picture looks off. Like the heads don't match the bodies or something.
I thought so too, but the story checks out. Their engagement announcement was on page 7 of this local newspaper:
http://eaglevilletnhistory.com/print/Jan_2011.pdf
You have to read between the lines a bit: she was involved in FFA as a high schooler and graduated in 2007. He appears to have been involved in FFA extensively. It doesn't mean for sure that they first met at an event where she was a student participant, but it seems likely. And of course, the age gap is the same either way.
Their engagement announcement was on page 7 of this local newspaper:
Looks like a nice father-daughter pic without any context.
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there is no age limit. there is an age minimum
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Edit: something something there would be a dead Republican representativee
Gross
I guess one happy couple doesn't mean other marriages would be happy.
She looks happy to you?
Now this guy could be the worst person on Earth, but we really don't know that based on one photo from what is clearly a staged photoshoot (not even a candid shot).
I understand wanting to make a point, but this whole thread to be honest looks exactly to me like the flipside of people salivating against drag shows or stuff like that: hard stances based on no information. One picture and it's already certain he is a groomer, she is not happy etc.? Yes, there is a big age difference, but this doesn't mean anything per se.
I am honestly very surprised to see people acting with such confidence over something they objectively know so little about.
i’m not sure how much context I need to decide it is inappropriate for 42 year-old to hit on a high schooler whether she is 18 or not.
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How the fuck could you know, just from a single picture? What, you know she isn't?
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She looks like she’s either holding in a fart or unbelievably uncomfortable next to her own husband.
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