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There’s a long, disgusting history of right-
wingers defending child predators

As conservative lawmakers and members of the media
baselessly label LGBTQ people and their allies as
“groomers,” they have invited scrutiny of some of
their own behavior toward children — and their
embrace of people found to have sexually abused
kids.

Unfortunately for right-wingers, the internet is
widely accessible. On Monday, progressive media
watchdog Media Matters released a thorough
timeline highlighting conservative media
personalities defending child molesters and
promoting the sexualization of children — and, in
many cases, audio and video footage is included as
evidence.

The report features several figures you’re likely
to know if you’ve been following coverage of
right-wing extremism in recent years. For example,
Media Matters shared audio of fired Fox News host
Tucker Carlson on a shock-jock radio show
defending statutory rape and making perverted
comments about girls sexually experimenting at
boarding school.

Avowed white nationalist Nick Fuentes made the
list for claiming he’s “not against grooming”
children as long as they’re being groomed for
marriage. And podcaster Matt Walsh made the list
after downplaying sexual abuse in the Catholic
Church as “not a pedophile scandal.”

The Media Matters report also includes Ian Miles
Cheong, a popular Twitter user on the right who
has been known to attack LGBTQ people with
“groomer” claims. In since-deleted tweets, Cheong
repeatedly said the age of consent is too high.

And Media Matters also noted that Turning Point
USA, a right-wing organization run by Charlie
Kirk, has collaborated with multiple convicted sex
offenders for some of its events. I recently
covered one of those collaborations for The
ReidOut Blog.

If your least-favorite conservative commentator
isn’t on my abridged list here, don’t fret: Head
over to Media Matters for the complete roundup.

You may even want to print out a copy to keep in
your wallet, so that the next time a conservative
begins to rail against groomers, you can tell them
to save their breath and look inward. Because you
brought receipts.
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