Democrats folded, not because they suddenly recognized that their position was morally reprehensible
California Democrats recently blocked a bill to make purchasing sex from 16-17-year-olds a felony, the Globe reported in “California Democrats Reach New Lows Supporting Sex Trafficking, Reparations, Welfare Fraud, Trans in Prison.” Assemblywoman Maggie Krell (D-Sacramento) and Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) authored AB 379 to make solicitation of sex from anyone under 18 a felony.
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Democrats hijacked Krell’s bill, removed the provision for the age cap for soliciting older minors, took her name off of the bill and replaced it with the Assembly Public Safety Chairman Nick Schultz’s (D-Burbank).
How low would California Democrats go?
“The California Democratic Party now has ads on Facebook claiming Republicans ‘voted against stronger laws protecting 16 and 17 year olds…’” Ashley Zavala with KCRA reported on X Sunday evening. “They actually voted against changes to a bill stating ‘legislative intent’ which has no impact on law.
“The California Democratic Party started running misleading ads on the fight over whether it should be a felony to buy 16/17 year olds for sex. Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas’ campaign pushed them. No comment yet from the party chair, Rusty Hicks.”
It was really ugly, and shameless, and abhhorant, and just unspeakable behavior. I’d like to know which Democrat hatched this plan, and which Democrats agreed that this was okay.
However, we just received word from Assembly Republicans that Democrats are capitulating, as they did last year with Senator Shannon Grove’s bill SB 14 to make child sex trafficking a felony once again in the state, after they killed it in committee. They were lambasted across the state for being so heinous, so out of touch, and so supportive of criminals.
It seems the bad press got to them again.
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