Another Republican sentenced for child sex crimes.

[Duncanpup]

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-north-dakota-state-senator-sentenced-10-years-imprisonment-traveling-prague-engage

[BoRaGard]

1. The G.O.P. exhibits a deeply troubling and fully corrupt moral pattern

[calimary]

5. In other words, win at all costs.

[GiqueCee]

14. I have come to believe...

... that power – total dominion over the lives of others – is but a pleasant by-product of the primary objective, which is to inflict maximum pain on anyone and everyone who has the temerity to disagree with Republicans about anything. Submission and obedience is most quickly achieved through savagery, and no other word so succinctly describes Republican policies.
They will never stop unless someone stops them. It is not only their country; it is ours, and there are more of us than there are of them.

[Tanuki]

2. Horrifying that he was also a teacher and school counselor.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Holmberg

[Orrex]

15. If he was also a Youth Pastor, that's the trifecta.

[Oopsie Daisy]

3. He liked little boys... 12 and 15 year olds.

[irisblue]

4. #NotADragQueen

[2naSalit]

7. Beat me to it!

[Crowman2009]

11. +1

[mwb970]

6. Why is it always republicans?

I'm just asking. The pattern is crystal clear. There is a strong, conspicuous correlation among republicans, conservatives, religion (think Catholic priests), and sexual perversion that has been present (and increasingly obvious) for many years. Has anyone determined exactly why this correlation exists??

[littlemissmartypants]

8. ...

From 1967 to 2002, Holmberg worked for Grand Forks Public Schools as a teacher, "child find coordinator", and school counselor. On November 2, 2023, a North Dakota Department of Public Instruction panel voted unanimously to suspend his lifetime teaching license, with a plan "to revoke it immediately if he pleads guilty to or is convicted of any charge" in his 2023 criminal case.[9]
...
He was also previously a chairman of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.[8]
Prosecutors ultimately determined that, as part of state-funded trips—in cooperation with Atlantik-Brücke to "understand and integrate the various facets of international politics, business, academia and culture"[29]—Holmberg took at least three individual trips to Prague, Czech Republic (June 24, 2011; September 29, 2018; and late June 2019) to illegally have sex with minors. With his senatorial leadership position, Holmberg approved state reimbursement of $126,000 of his own personal travel expenses to Prague.[28]
...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Holmberg

[malaise]

10. How many children did he abuse in that position

I wonder

[littlemissmartypants]

13. Thirty plus years worth...

I hope that they come forward. 🙏

[malaise]

9. Add his name Raymon (Ray) Everett Holmberg to the headline

A nasty criminal old man

[druidity33]

12. Funny they don't mention party affiliation...

in that Justice Dept memo.

[ShazzieB]

16. Disgusting!

"What happens in Prague—Stays in Prague."

Hmmm... I guess he found out that was not the case after all!