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There�s a long, disgusting history of right-
wingers defending child predators

As conservative lawmakers and members of the media
baselessly label LGBTQ people and their allies as
�groomers,� they have invited scrutiny of some of
their own behavior toward children � and their
embrace of people found to have sexually abused
kids.

Unfortunately for right-wingers, the internet is
widely accessible. On Monday, progressive media
watchdog Media Matters released a thorough
timeline highlighting conservative media
personalities defending child molesters and
promoting the sexualization of children � and, in
many cases, audio and video footage is included as
evidence.

The report features several figures you�re likely
to know if you�ve been following coverage of
right-wing extremism in recent years. For example,
Media Matters shared audio of fired Fox News host
Tucker Carlson on a shock-jock radio show
defending statutory rape and making perverted
comments about girls sexually experimenting at
boarding school.

Avowed white nationalist Nick Fuentes made the
list for claiming he�s �not against grooming�
children as long as they�re being groomed for
marriage. And podcaster Matt Walsh made the list
after downplaying sexual abuse in the Catholic
Church as �not a pedophile scandal.�

The Media Matters report also includes Ian Miles
Cheong, a popular Twitter user on the right who
has been known to attack LGBTQ people with
�groomer� claims. In since-deleted tweets, Cheong
repeatedly said the age of consent is too high.

And Media Matters also noted that Turning Point
USA, a right-wing organization run by Charlie
Kirk, has collaborated with multiple convicted sex
offenders for some of its events. I recently
covered one of those collaborations for The
ReidOut Blog.

If your least-favorite conservative commentator
isn�t on my abridged list here, don�t fret: Head
over to Media Matters for the complete roundup.

You may even want to print out a copy to keep in
your wallet, so that the next time a conservative
begins to rail against groomers, you can tell them
to save their breath and look inward. Because you
brought receipts.
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