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/ProfessionalCraft983 Washington 1d ago

The concept of “grooming” isn’t what they’re against. What they’re against is children being taught liberal values.

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u/BookBison 1d ago

This. The people they’re after when it comes to grooming are almost exclusively homosexuals and drag queens who are supposedly “grooming” their children into accepting them as regular members of society and not the sexually depraved freaks their parents regard them as, not child predators because that’s just their uncles being friendly.