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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTo be a modern-day Republican is to be a DSM-5 psychopath
Kansas Republican arrested for attack on student after rant about God talking to him: report
"Kansas state Rep. Mark Samsel was arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery on Thursday after getting into a physical altercation with a student while substitute teaching in Wellsville. Samsel, 36, was booked into the Franklin County Adult Detention Center after 3:30 p.m. Thursday," the Kansas City Star reports. "He has since been released on $1,000 bond, Sheriff Jeff Richards said."
"On Wednesday, Samsel, R-Wellsville, was substitute teaching at the Wellsville school district's secondary school. Throughout the day, high school students began recording videos of the lawmaker talking about suicide, sex, masturbation, God and the Bible," the newspaper reported. ..............(more)
https://www.rawstory.com/kansas-mark-samsel-arrested/
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To be a modern-day Republican is to be a DSM-5 psychopath (Original Post)
marmar
Apr 2021
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SheltieLover
(78,193 posts)1. Absolute fact!
Diamond_Dog
(40,075 posts)2. He should serve jail time
And, oh yeah .... resign.
csziggy
(34,189 posts)3. According to the more complete article Raw Story took, he's been charged with battery
