Rep. Tim Huelskamp (pictured) is perhaps best known in his home state of Kansas for being buddies with the Family Research Council and for working tirelessly to block gay marriage and civil unions as well as other protections for LGBT people.
For instance, when the Supreme Court struck down DOMA in June 2013, Huelskamp accused the justices of âdegrading and demeaningâ Jesus H. Christ and questioning whether or not they could even âpass law school.â
Well, it looks like the g0d-fearing crusader for âfamily rightsâ has a major in-house problem. One of his staffers was just arrested and charged with 17 counts of sexual exploitation of a child.
Matthew P. Pennell is currently being held on $75,000 bond after it was discovered he had a secret stash of kiddy porn on his computer.
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Huelskampâs Chief of Staff Mark Kelly said in a statement released over the weekend that the representativeâs office has placed Pennell on unpaid leave and that it would be making no further comment on the matter.
In other words: Mr. Huelskamp would like to sweep this one under the rug so he can go back to making appearances in antigay documentaries and accusing gay people of being perverts.
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Paul Nadolski
Sweet, poetic justice.
RIGay
A pedophile in a congressional office won’t even make the 6PM news cycle. These stories never do. Hillary sending an Email… MY GOD!!! WORLD CRISIS!!!!! JUST PROVE’S SHE EVIL!!! DEPORT HER!!!
Fucking hate Congress.
Ladbrook
Good. And if memory serves, pedo-pervs usually seek out each other for purposes of exchanging pics, vids, etc… If so, then his computer could also be used to track down other pedo-pervs, many of whom might be in government. Hopefully he won’t be the only one arrested.
I think it’s sad that in 2015 a straight pedo is just a pedo, but when a gay man does anything wrong (pedo, rape, drugs, etc) conservatives use it as a way to demonize all of us.
Giancarlo85
We even had people attack Hillary on here for a nonexistent scandal. Everything she did with her emails is lawful and permissible. Federal employees were required to disclose their emails but that rule came in effect a year after she left. She is a private citizen right now.
Republicans are scandal ridden and have criminals in their staff. Take this congressman and also take Christie.
Republicans shouldn’t throw stones from glass houses.
Cam
Don’t these guys usually hang out with others like them? Anybody looked at other computers in that office??
mcflyer54
Well, what will it be drugs, alcohol, or the closet? You know the Republicans are going to find something (anything) to blame it on. He’ll either be majorly depressed, have a previously unknown drug/alcohol problem or will be (according to them) a closeted homosexual because we all know that no God fearing Christian Republican heterosexual could EVER be involved is something so perverted and disgusting as child pornography. Sometimes you just gotta love karma.
PARKAVMAN
He’s rabidly anti-gay. He has nothing against pedophiles obviously.
LiamCregg
Has anyone really taken note that it’s *always* a ‘staffer’ ? Hmmmmmmm.
mcflyer54
@LiamCregg: Let’s not forget that “you’re only as strong as your weakest link”. And believe me, if he was a staff employee of a Democratic representative the Republicans would be blaming the congressman and demanding his resignation.
TheNewEnergyDude
Well, it *is* Kansas, after all… đ
Low Country Boy
@Paul Nadolski: Why am I not surprised?
Dakotahgeo
Another best of the worst of Kansas Republicans, so dear to my fart! Governor Brownshit and his Republican Mafia have all but destroyed their own GOP party in Kansas. I guess they’re going after the nation next! Child porn yet! More than likely this joker is also a Catholic like Governor Brownshirt!
NJjoe
I am always suspicious of those with “anti-agendas,” especially anti-gay. So, I am not a bit surprised over this one iota.
Billysees
@NJjoe:
“I am always suspicious of those with âanti-agendas,â especially anti-gay.”
I think we all are.
Mike G
Are they pictures of girl-children or boy-children? That of course makes all the difference in this world, not to mention the next! (/s, obviously, or so I should hope)