GOP senator who said trans people put girls at “risk” just helped a relative who raped a 13-year-old. Sen. Adams helped change state law around child rape then helped his relative use the new law to avoid jail.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/08/gop-senator-who-said-trans-people-put-girls-at-risk-just-helped-a-relative-who-a-13-year-old/

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  2. I can’t imagine becoming a parent and having 1/3rd of the population be supportive of this. The idea that you can’t trust 1 of 3 people to not be a potential pedophile or pedophile supporter is fucking insane. I’d constantly be thinking about them.

    Fuck no, I’d move somewhere else to raise my children in a society that’s safe and free of Republicans entirely.

  3. >Utah state law says that people under the age of 14 can never consent to sex, and the old state statute required that 18-year-olds receive a first-degree child rape felony charge for having sex with anyone 13 years old or younger. The felony charge required the rapist to also register as a sex offender. However, the new law allows accused rapists 18 years old and younger to receive a reduced third-degree felony charge of unlawful sexual activity (and avoid jail time and registration as a sex offender) if they’re enrolled in high school.

    >The new law was drafted by the relative’s defense attorney, Cara Tangaro, and sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Kirk Cullimore (R) after Adams reportedly confided in him about his relative’s legal charges. The new law, S.B. 213, adjusted various criminal sentences to address “unintended consequences or overly harsh or unfair outcomes” in various criminal charges, Tangaro said.

    >Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed S.B. 213 into law on March 19, 2024. Two months later, Tangaro informed Judge Michael DiReda, the judge who was then presiding over the case, that the accused rapist’s plea deal would be changed in light of the new law. As a result, the accused rapist avoided jail time and a lifetime on the sexual offender registry.

    >But for now, the accused rapist will serve four years’ probation, complete sex offender treatment, pay a $1,500 fine, and perform 120 hours of community service. The unnamed victim’s mother says she feels that the legal process “has failed them,” the victim’s attorney Tamara Basquez said. The mother said the sexual abuse has made her child, an 8th-grade student, more withdrawn and careful, and less interested in being around her friend.

    >Several months after voting for S.B. 213, Adams and other Utah state Republican leaders [issued a statement](https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/cox-other-leaders-ask-utah-state-to-join-in-lawsuit-over-alleged-mountain-west-transgender-player) claiming that they were very concerned about the safety of girls and women in the context of transgender people participating in sports.

    Why do we keep acting like Christian nationalists have any sort of “concern” for children, except to use them as Christian child soldiers and future broodmares?

    Christian nationalists love to act like trans people pose great risks to trans people, even as evidence shows trans people are more likely to be victims of assaults. Yet, somehow, the media won’t even dare acknowledge that. They just continue to allow Christian nationalists to wage a genocide on trans people with no pushback. This is horseshit!

  4. The GOP loves child rape. They love it! They back it, they vote for it. They love it!

  5. I never thought I’d actually see 77.3 million voting-aged child sexual assault enthusiasts in this country.

  6. “Those trans people are getting to the kids before we can!”

    Is the GOP thought process

  9. From the womb to a Republican’s room. There’s a reason these creeps always “think about the children” and it has nothing to do with safety.

  14. Why do all the ‘save the children’ and ‘protect women’s sports’ types never once comment on this? I know the answer but simply asking in frustration.

  17. Every republican needs their hard drives checked right now

  18. GOP = Guardians of Pedophiles.

    MAGA = Molesters Are Getting Away

  20. Pedophile Protection Party hard at work. Greedy Old Pedophiles all around.

  23. Because MAGA and the GOP are the party of pedophilia. It’s not even a secret anymore.

  25. I just assume that every GOP politician is a pedophile until proven otherwise.

  26. Of course Utah. Mormons live this and multi wife’s.

  28. “Listen, sure I have some issues with how the GOP is handling a few things. All 6 of my teenage daughters were raped by old republican dudes and my wife was deported, but I’m still gonna vote for Trump in 2028!” -MAGAts, probably.

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