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| Former SC lawmaker Robert John May III was sentenced to 17.5 years for charges linked to child sex abuse material. Ironically, during his tenure as a lawmaker, May accused trans people and drag queens of harming children. |
Former SC lawmaker - and now confessed child sex offender - Robert John (RJ) May III is indicative of the hypocrisy of far-right attacks on the trans community and drag queens when it comes to the sexual abuse of children.
From WIS 10 on January 14:
Former South Carolina state lawmaker RJ May was sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison Wednesday on charges linked to child sexual abuse material. Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, who oversaw May’s sentencing, said that the abuse in this case was “more severe” than any other she has seen and that May “claimed to be an advocate for children at the State House but was their abuser behind closed doors.” May, a Republican who represented part of Lexington County in the South Carolina House of Representatives, pleaded guilty to five counts of distributing child sexual abuse material.
From The Pink News:
During his time in office May was outspoken against gender-affirming care, trans inclusion in sports and drag performances, and was listed as a speaker at Mom’s for Liberty’s Reclaiming Education in America event in 2022. Many of his concerns about LGBTQ+ topics were cited in regards to child safety. On Wednesday (14 January), May was handed a 17.5 year sentence in federal prison by US District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, a term that was slightly less than the 20 years prosecutors requested but much longer than the five years the former lawmaker requested for himself.
Currie said May was given a higher sentence than the average for similar charges because the content he disseminated was the “most severe the court had seen." (Editor's note - bold emphasis added by me)
Following his release from prison, May will have to spend another 20 years under supervised release, with federal parole officers monitoring his actions to be sure he doesn’t reoffend. He was also ordered to pay $58,500 in restitution to eight victims who the authorities identified and will be required to register as a sex offender for life.
According to LGBTQNation in September of last year:
(May) — an anti-LGBTQ+ politician who has accused drag queens and transgender people of harming kids — pleaded guilty . . . to distributing child sex abuse material (CSAM) after first denying it, Newsweek reported — including images of adults sexually abusing seven-year-olds. The anti-LGBTQ+ “parents’ rights” group Moms for Liberty honored the child pornographer as their 2023 Legislator of the Year.
May used the screen name “joebidennnn69” to exchange 265 different files of toddlers and young children involved in sex acts on the Kik social media network during spring 2024. Representing himself in court — despite not having a law degree — May had originally asked the judge to throw out the warrant used to search his home, laptop, and mobile devices, as well as evidence that he had flown to Colombia to film himself having sex with three underage girls.
This is nothing to laugh at or to be happy about. But it's a hell of a lot to be angry about.
And also remembered.
The next time far-right hypocrites (particularly a certain emotionally, psychologically, and morally barren harpy who runs a certain Twitter address) goes after us with accusations of child grooming, let's be sure to remind them just who the actual sexual groomers of children are.
above photo courtesy of WIS 10.
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