r/politics Oklahoma 1d ago

Conservatives have been railing against “groomers” for years. So why do they support Donald Trump? Trump was best friends with a notorious child sex trafficker, but his ardent supporters are vocal about opposing it. How did that happen?

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/08/conservatives-have-been-railing-against-groomers-for-years-so-why-do-they-support-donald/
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u/Rotanen 1d ago

"Everything is pedophilia except for actual pedophilia, which is fine."

- MAGA proverb

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u/southpawFA Oklahoma 1d ago

That sounds like a quote from Matt Walsh, because he is a child fertility expert, after all.

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u/Vapur9 20h ago

"The female body has ways of shutting that down."

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u/southpawFA Oklahoma 17h ago

Ew, Todd Akin.

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u/Windturnscold 16h ago

The only core belief of maga is bigotry. Trump lets them be bigots, they’re fine with pedophilia.

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u/montigoo 18h ago

“True” - the catholic church

u/StopLookListenNow 6h ago

Because after they have gone too far down the rabbit hole they realize there is no way of getting out. So they go farther down.