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[deleted] t1_izc57v9 wrote

Good on the leader on calling this individual out.

>State Rep. Stacie Laughton (D-Nashua), a prior felon and one of the first transgendered persons to be elected to a state legislature in the United States, is being held in jail on multiple charges, accused of stalking a woman in Hudson in August and November. She was arrested on two sets of charges — and was able to hide one of the arrests from voters. The second allegation against her occurred on Election Day.

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ImprintVector t1_izc5q7e wrote

Holy fuck she does not represent the trans community and I am appalled to learn that she was able to pull this sort of shit on the voters. She absolutely needs to resign.

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glitteryunicornlady t1_izcdk5b wrote

This person really doesn't represent the trans community, and they also have a concerning criminal record, which extends to very recently. I'm upset that party promoted this person at all. It's not a good look. Resignation is probably the best measure.

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Fabulous-Algae-408 t1_izcdq08 wrote

This guy looks like a creep that’s for sure. makes you wonder if the majority of people even look into who they are voting for.

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Loud-Candle-3692 t1_izclzwf wrote

New Hampshire, What the fuck is wrong with you???

You're getting worse than Massachusetts!

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dojijosu t1_izcn6f4 wrote

Please note that it was the top Democrat calling for this rep’s removal. Democrats aren’t inherently better than Republicans, they just take out their own garbage.

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Top_Solid7610 t1_izdfbz4 wrote

I don’t understand how someone with this kind of record gets on a party ticket.

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dzastrus t1_izdr4oe wrote

That's mostly because your Rep will always vote with their party unless their vote wouldn't swing anything and they want to make a show of something. Your best Rep knows the score.

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Loosh_03062 t1_ize3gj6 wrote

In that ward, there were only three names on the primary ballot for three slots. I'm not sure if it's apathy on the part of the residents or party leadership discouraging more than the cherry picked candidates from filing. Add to that a devoted set of fans who don't see a career criminal and nut job who gives many groups a bad name, but a strong and devoted yet terribly misunderstood person who has overcome so many obstacles and challenges and is entitled to the support of the full community.

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Solmors t1_izete4z wrote

Steve King was stripped of his committee seats and then primaried by a Republican challenger and voted out by the Republican voters in his state. That's the first one that came to mind when you asked for a similar situation, but it was for saying wrong things, not for committing actual crimes.

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BelichicksBurner t1_izf2hw0 wrote

When they were NOT condemned? I mean...how about the guy running for president again? Take your pick of offenses: January 6th, openly admitting to sexual assult on camera, illegally using campaign money to pay off a porn star he was having an affair with, taking classified documents to his private estate (essentially a far worse version of the same crime he was saying Clinton should go to jail for). Not to mention the Trump organization was literally just found guilty of multiple charges of criminal tax fraud and falsifying business records YESTERDAY. Not sure I've heard a single member of the GOP speak on that. Is that a good example? How about the Matt Gaetz underage sex trafficking situation? Anyone have anything to say on that? Last I checked that scumbag still had a job. I'd suggest you check out the link below. It's the most detailed record that exists re: recent violations and complaints against US political figures, the findings of any investigations and the outcomes. Comb through this for a few minutes and it'll become pretty clear which party gets in actual trouble and which party let's stuff slide.

https://www.govtrack.us/misconduct

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manicmonkeys t1_izge7zd wrote

I was being generous by using general terms, but if you want to make it truly apples to apples, fine.

What Republican politician has committed stalking and DV, and not had other Republicans call for them to step down?

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manicmonkeys t1_izghp5k wrote

As far as I can tell, all of the accusations levied against Herschel Walker were from the past.

The accusations against Stacie are from while she is in office. Not remotely comparable.

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Clamd t1_izgnwrj wrote

Oh yeah sorry i forgot we had to find you an instance where a republican did something bad at the exact hour and minute into their term that a Democrat did something, in order for it to be even remotely comparable. Yes this senator who is the same height, weight, age, and hair style did a bad thing just like another senator who was the same height, weight, age, and hairstyle. Do you ever get tired of smelling your own asshole, what with your head shoved up it all the time?

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gregor-sans t1_izjwjev wrote

I don’t know about this individual, but sometimes there is only one person who files to run in the primary for a given seat. IIRC there was a Republican rep from Nashua who had run unopposed in the primary. He won in the general election, but ended up resigning sometime later (for reasons?)

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