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rpannier

(24,304 posts)
Fri May 6, 2022, 06:17 AM May 2022

The Groomers strike again

Rep. Mary Miller’s (R-IL) campaign could not explain why a man convicted of luring a young boy for sex is so actively involved in her campaign to get re-elected, KSDK reports.

“Brad Graven enjoyed virtually unlimited access to Miller, served as her personal chauffeur at public events and raised money for her campaign. Miller trusted Graven with her family vehicle, which is adorned with campaign stickers and legislative license plates.”

https://politicalwire.com/2022/05/05/gop-lawmaker-hired-man-who-lured-boy-for-sex/

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/politics/miller-campaign-volunteer-convicted-luring-young-boy-for-sex/63-e90e0853-6329-4749-a45a-78d053326ce8

If you signed a petition to help put U.S. Rep. Mary Miller (R-Illinois) on this June's primary ballot, there's a chance that a man convicted of luring a child for sex was the one who asked you to sign those campaign documents.

Congresswoman Mary Miller is facing new questions about her relationship with Brad Graven, a former state worker who pleaded guilty to luring a young boy to a drugstore parking lot for sex acts in 2005.



Photos, videos, and state election records show Graven was actively involved in helping the effort to re-elect Miller. Reached by phone, Graven claimed he was merely an unpaid volunteer for the Miller campaign. His name does not show up on the campaign payroll, but Graven enjoyed virtually unlimited access to Miller, served as her personal chauffeur at public events and raised money for her campaign. Miller trusted Graven with her family vehicle, which is adorned with campaign stickers and legislative license plates.

At several of those campaign stops, Miller encouraged voters to judge her and her colleagues in Congress by the company they keep.

"A politician is known by their votes and by who they hang around with," Miller told supporters on Monday night in Quincy.


************************ "A politician is known by their votes and by who they hang around with,"
Yep

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The Groomers strike again (Original Post) rpannier May 2022 OP
I think we're at the point Dorian Gray May 2022 #1
RepubliGroomers projecting their shit onto Dems Achilleaze May 2022 #2
She's the one who said the quiet parts out loud about Hitler IronLionZion May 2022 #3
"Hitler did some good things"... czarjak May 2022 #6
No one else has ever said "Whoever has the youth has the future" IronLionZion May 2022 #7
That's my Rep! Midnight Writer May 2022 #4
luring a young boy to a drugstore parking lot keithbvadu2 May 2022 #5

Dorian Gray

(13,469 posts)
1. I think we're at the point
Fri May 6, 2022, 06:19 AM
May 2022

where it's obvious alll of Qanons "concerns" are self-hating projection.

We need to get that message out, though. Who are the real groomers? Turn the mirror on thyself.

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