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May 12, 2023 11:06 AM UTC

At Least He's Not Your (Now Former) Legislator

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by: Colorado Pols

Former Texas Republican lawmaker and admitted “groomer” Bryan Slaton

It’s time for another edition of one of our longest-running features: “At Least They’re Not Your Legislator.”

For this installment, we take you to Texas for a story that really cements the idea that for Republicans, Every accusation is a confession.

The Guardian newspaper provides the proper context for this story from the opening lede:

A Republican Texas state lawmaker who once proposed banning children from attending drag shows to supposedly shield them from being groomed for abuse has resigned after he was found to have engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct with a 19-year-old intern. [Pols emphasis]

Bryan Slaton, 45, resigned on Monday while facing mounting calls from the state’s Republican party and conservative groups to step down. A state house investigation last week determined that he supplied alcohol to the intern and another young staffer, had sex with the intern after she had become intoxicated, and later showed her a threatening email while saying everything would be fine if she kept quiet about the encounter.

House investigators noted as well that Slaton had asked a fellow lawmaker to keep his behavior secret.

Slaton is the first member of the Texas House of Representatives to be expelled since 1927. The Texas Tribune has more on why this is a problem for other Republicans not named Bryan Slaton:

In public, former state Rep. Bryan Slaton was a conservative champion unafraid to ruffle feathers and pick fights, even with Republicans he deemed insufficiently conservative.

A self-described “bold and brave Christian-Conservative” who’d worked as a youth pastor, Slaton featured a picture of his wife and infant son on his campaign website. On social media, he railed against “groomers,” saying their efforts to sexualize minors needed to be stopped. [Pols emphasis]

Away from the public eye, however, the Royse City Republican fell far short of the morally upright life he sold to voters — a guise ripped away by a scathing 16-page report that detailed his inappropriate sexual conduct with a 19-year-old legislative aide who worked in his Capitol office.

“Every accusation is a confession” should almost be the official Republican slogan.

One thought on “At Least He’s Not Your (Now Former) Legislator”

Pam Bennett says:

May 12, 2023 at 3:34 pm

It was more than just one, turns out there were many. Only a couple ended up drunk with this creep. I am sure that is someone did some deep digging there might be an underage girl or two, maybe outside of the marble halls.

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