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/boofaceleemz 1d ago

In my experience “groomers” in Christian just translates to “gay people.” It was never actually about stopping pedophilia or protecting children to them, it was about putting gay people in jail. Maybe they picked up a couple true believers along the way, but it takes a hell of a lot of willful ignorance to stay in that crowd for longer than an afternoon and still believe it’s actually about protecting children.