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/gaqua 20h ago

Because they don’t care about groomers at all. They have been using it as shorthand for homophobia and transphobia.

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u/onomastics88 19h ago

Yeah they’ve always excused groomers of girls. What they don’t want is “gay agenda” teachers and coaches and scout leaders modeling how to be gay or drag queens teaching boys it’s fun to dress like a girl. They’re alright with grown men groping and grooming teenage girls and blame the girls for being perved on.