Another Republican Legislator Caught Soliciting a Minor

Republican Senator Justin Eichorn, known for recently introducing a bill to designate “Trump Derangement Syndrome” as an official mental illness, was just arrested for trying to have sex with a 16-year-old girl.

In a statement released by the police, they say Eichorn “thought he was talking to a 16-year-old female” and arranged to meet her. When he arrived and stepped out of his truck, he was immediately detained by a group of officers.

“As a 40-year-old man, if you come to the Orange Jumpsuit District looking to have sex with someone’s child, you can expect that we are going to lock you up,” Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said.

In response to the arrest, the Senate Republican caucus wrote, “We are shocked by these reports and this alleged conduct demands an immediate resignation. Justin has a difficult road ahead and he needs to focus on his family.” In a joint statement, House Speaker Lisa Demuth and House Republican Leader Harry Niska called on Eichorn to resign over “the seriousness of the charges,” adding, “While he is entitled to due process, we must hold legislators to a higher standard.”

I can't imagine why the Senate Republicans are shocked by this, it's not like it hasn't happened before. Like ex Florida-rep Matt Gaetz being found paying minors for sex.

Or the Indiana Republican Councilman who was arrested for 8 counts of child molestation. There are COUNTLESS instances of people on the right participating in the acts that they project onto vulnerable minorities. This is just one of many cases.

In fact, Eichorn is a co-sponsor of S.F. 2531, a creepy bill that would allow anyone (including adults) to accuse a female athlete (child) in school sports of being transgender. Any player accused of being trans would then have to get a signed physician’s statement indicating the athlete’s sex that is based solely on their internal and external reproductive anatomy; their naturally occurring level of testosterone; and an analysis of the student’s chromosomes.

On Monday, the day before his arrest, Eichorn made national headlines when he and four Republican state legislators introduced legislation to add “Trump derangement syndrome” to the state’s definition of mental illness.

State Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy (D) criticized his legislation as “possibly the worst bill in Minnesota history.”