Senate Republicans� unhealthy fixation on child porn, by the numbers
By Dana Milbank

Judging by the numbers, Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are
obsessed with child pornography.

In four days of Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown
Jackson, the phrase �child porn� (or �pornography� or �pornographer�) was
mentioned 165 times. There were also, according to transcripts, 142 uses of
�sex� (�sexual abuse,� �sexual assault,� �sexual intercourse,� �sex
crimes�), 15 of �pedophile,� 13 of �predators,� 18 of �prepubescent� and
nine of general pornography.

There were only 30 mentions of the First Amendment and 12 of the Bill of
Rights.

The Republican fixation on pornography continued during Monday�s round of
statements by senators before the committee advanced Jackson�s nomination
to the Senate floor. A preliminary transcript showed 41 mentions of �porn�
or �pornography� and 32 mentions of �sex offenders,� �sexual assault� and
the like.

Some of the references to sex and child pornography were made by Democrats
defending Jackson. But the bulk came from the likes of Sens. Josh Hawley
(Mo.), Ted Cruz (Tex.), Tom Cotton (Ark.), Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.) Marsha
Blackburn (Tenn.) and Mike Lee (Utah). They winked at the QAnon conspiracy
theorists who believe pedophiles control government by portraying Jackson
as an ally of monsters who sexually exploit children � even though her
sentencing record is typical and even though these same Republicans
elevated half a dozen Trump judicial nominees with similar records in child
pornography cases.

�I�m not suggesting she likes what�s happening in child pornography,�
Graham allowed. (Gee, thanks.) But �she has a chance to impose a sentence
that would deter [child pornography], and she chose not to.�

Lee accused Jackson of �minimizing� punishment for �commercialized efforts
to profit off child sex torture� and �sadomasochistic conduct.� Cotton
said, �the child pornography cases are just the most sensational examples
of her soft-on-crime attitude.�

The ever-mendacious Cruz claimed that �we just last week, after the
hearing, got information on another case, United States v. Weekes, of an
individual who raped his 13-year-old niece. Judge Jackson sentenced him to
half what the prosecutors wanted because he failed to register on a sex
registry.�

Actually, that case was mentioned during the hearings, on March 22 � in a
news release issued by Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans.

And Hawley stuffed a straw man. �Judge Jackson�s view is that we should
treat everyone more leniently because more and more people are committing
worse and worse child sex offenses,� he claimed, also alleging that �we�ve
been told things like child pornography is actually all a conspiracy, it�s
not real.�

Of course, nobody said child pornography is a conspiracy, or not real; the
supporting examples provided to me by Hawley�s office refer to the QAnon
conspiracy about pedophiles running the country.

In fairness, child pornography wasn�t Republicans� only obsession. The
phrases �critical race theory� or �CRT� came up 66 times during the
hearing. Cotton claimed that Jackson �seems to have a real interest in
helping terrorists.� Cruz even argued that �the odds are over 100 percent
she will vote to give away U.S. sovereignty to international bodies.�

If it�s possible for the odds on anything to be over 100 percent, it�s that
Republicans will continue their peculiar preoccupation with child
pornography as the Jackson nomination goes to the Senate floor. �She has a
particularly curious view about certain kinds of criminal behavior. In this
particular case, people who would distribute child pornography, of all
things,� Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) told Fox News on
Friday.

Republicans on the committee congratulated themselves for avoiding
�personal slanders� of the sort they said Democrats inflicted on Brett M.
Kavanaugh after women accused the Donald Trump nominee of sexual
misconduct. Yet, they opposed Jackson with the most grievous of personal
slanders: accusing the Black nominee of secretly promoting racially
divisive teaching, portraying her as a pal of terrorists and repeatedly
suggesting she endangers children by having a soft spot for perpetrators of
heinous sex crimes.

Graham: �Every judge who does what you�re doing is making it easier for the
children to be exploited.�

Cruz: �I also see a record of � advocacy as it concerns sexual predators.�

Blackburn: �What�s your hidden agenda? Is it to let � child predators back
to the streets?�

And, of course, there was Hawley, who previewed the hearings by saying
Jackson�s record �endangers our children.� Three weeks � and eight mentions
of �prepubescent� � later, Hawley ended Monday where he began. He asserted
that a �core point� of his disagreement with Jackson is that she believes
the real victims of child pornography are the perpetrators, not the
children.

As �personal slander� goes, it doesn�t get much lower.

In <v8ummm$25131$1@dont-email.me> free newsserver killer wrote:
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> Senate Republicans’ unhealthy fixation on child porn, by the numbers
> By Dana Milbank

"Dana Timothy Milbank is an American author and columnist for The Washington
Post."

HAHAHAHAHA!

Rudy Canoza wrote:
> The Washington
> Post."
>
> HAHAHAHAHA!

YOUR DEATH THREATS AGAINST TRUMP ARE DOCUMENTED:

Governor Swill /Rudy Canoza/Lou Bricano/J Carlson/Michael A Terrell/Al
Feldhauser/Malte Runz and a dozen other socks wrote:

Multiple death threats against Trump:
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> No. I am a patriotic American who wants the country and its people to
thrive. Getting rid of Trump permanently
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That constitutes a DEATH THREAT against a former President, Rudey:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/871
18 U.S. Code § 871 - Threats against President and successors to the
Presidency
U.S. Code
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(a)Whoever knowingly and willfully deposits for conveyance in the mail
or for a delivery from any post office or by any letter carrier any
letter, paper, writing, print, missive, or document containing any
threat to take the life of, to kidnap, or to inflict bodily harm upon
the President of the United States, the President-elect, the Vice
President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office
of President of the United States, or the Vice President-elect, or
knowingly and willfully otherwise makes any such threat against the
President, President-elect, Vice President or other officer next in the
order of succession to the office of President, or Vice President-elect,
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years,
or both.
(b)The terms “President-elect” and “Vice President-elect” as used in
this section shall mean such persons as are the apparent successful
candidates for the offices of President and Vice President,
respectively, as ascertained from the results of the general elections
held to determine the electors of President and Vice President in
accordance with title 3, United States Code, sections 1 and 2. The
phrase “other officer next in the order of succession to the office of
President” as used in this section shall mean the person next in the
order of succession to act as President in accordance with title 3,
United States Code, sections 19 and 20.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 740; June 1, 1955, ch. 115, § 1, 69
Stat. 80; Pub. L. 87–829, § 1, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 956; Pub. L.
97–297, § 2, Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1318; Pub. L. 103–322, title
XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

9-65.200 - Threats Against the President and Successors to the
Presidency; Threats Against Former Presidents; and Certain Other Secret
Service Protectees
The Counterterrorism Section of the National Security Division has
supervisory authority over 18 U.S.C. §§ 871 and 879 cases. As great
caution must be taken in matters relating to the security of the persons
protected by 18 U.S.C. § 871, United States Attorneys are encouraged to
consult with the Counterterrorism Section (CTS) of the National Security
Division when they have doubts on the prosecutive merit of a case. For
the same reason, dismissal of complaints under 18 U.S.C. § 871, when the
defendant is in custody under the Mental Incompetency Statutes (18
U.S.C. §§ 4244, 4246), requires approval from CTS. In other cases,
United States Attorneys must consult prior to dismissing a count
involving, or entering into any sentence commitment or other case
settlement involving a § 871 charge.

https://www.secretservice.gov/newsroom/releases/2024/01/phoenix-man-arrested-making-online-death-threats-against-president-and

PHOENIX –David Michael Hanson, 41, of Phoenix, was arrested on Wednesday
for making online threats against the President and Vice-President.
Hanson was charged by Federal criminal complaint on Tuesday with five
counts of Threats Against the President and Successors to the Presidency
and five counts of Interstate Communication of Threats.

The complaint alleges that in November and December of 2023, while
living in Arizona, Hanson used a social media platform to post threats
to murder the President and Vice President of the United States. On
November 19, 2023, Hanson posted online a series of threatening
statements including one that stated, “#joeAndKamala I’m asking you to
resign on Monday your alternative is death brutally murdered.” After the
U.S. Secret Service spoke to Hanson and warned him that it was a Federal
crime to post such threats, on December 23, 2023, Hanson posted another
series of similar threats aimed at the President and Vice-President.

Each count of Threats Against the President and Successors to the
Presidency carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, a fine of
up to $250,000, and up to three years of supervised release. Each count
of Interstate Communication of Threats carries a maximum sentence of
five years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and up to three years of
supervised release.