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On 5/12/2026 3:50 AM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:

The numbers are bearing out what many

voters want.

The bill to make grooming a crime in Minnesota is headed to the Senate
floor for a vote. The legislation follows a WCCO investigative series on grooming in schools.

The Senate Finance Committee passed the bill out of committee Tuesday,
making way for that vote on the Senate floor.

"This bill has been a priority all session after learning the story of
Hannah LoPresto and advocacy of Det. Chad Clausen," said DFL Sen. Erin
Maye Quade, who carried the bill in the Senate.

In WCCO's investigative series, Hannah LoPresto shared what she calls
the grooming and sexual assault by her high school band director. She's testified in committees along with Clausen who investigated her case.
Making grooming a crime and protecting kids from predators has been
their goal all along.

The committee approved funding for the bill being carried by DFL Sen.
Erin Maye Quade. It makes grooming a felony offense, requires licensing
boards to be notified if a teacher is charged with grooming, updates
training on mandatory reporting and it allows the Department of
Education to investigate grooming for more than the current three-year look-back.

The House unanimously passed the bill, authored by Republican Rep. Peggy Bennett, two weeks ago. If it passes the Senate, the House will have to
concur with some updated language, and then it will head to the
governor's desk to be signed into law.

There are still more steps, but supporters of the bill are cautiously optimistic about where this is at.

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-senate-grooming-bill/

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Making grooming a felony will drive the Trump supporters out. But only the few who abide by the law. Will Trump ever return? Epstein and and Trump were top groomers in their day.



* Republican advertising consultant Carey Lee Cramer was sentenced to six
years in prison for molesting two 8-year old girls, one of whom appeared
in an anti-Gore television commercial.

* Republican fundraiser Lawrence E. King, Jr. organized child sex parties
at the White House during the 1980s.

* Republican lobbyist Craig J. Spence organized child sex parties at the
White House during the 1980s.

* Republican Congressman Donald "Buz" Lukens was found guilty of having
sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.

* Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child
porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.

* Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex
crimes involving children.

* Republican campaign chairman Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to
attempted sexual assault on a child and was arrested again five years
later on the same charge.

* Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as
a congressional page.

* Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell
admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.

* Republican Judge Ronald C. Kline pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer.

* Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged
with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.

* Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing
a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.
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