'California finally managed to pass a bill that would create harsher penalties for child sex traffickers... But why did Assembly Democrats try to stop this, and will the state’s Democratic attorney general undermine it?' -ZacharyFaria
The bill would make child sex trafficking a “serious felony” and would create harsher penalties for repeat offenders, which would make them ineligible to be released early from prison. It passed the state Senate unanimously, with all 32 Democrats joining 8 Republicans in backing the bill. It was as bipartisan as bipartisan gets.But Assembly Democrats on the Assembly Public Safety Committee spiked the bill, a surprise so great that even Gov.
California Republican lawmakers will attempt to force a floor vote in the Assembly tomorrow on child sex trafficking bill SB 14. — Ashley Zavala July 13, 2023 In other words, it is racist to punish child sex traffickers if they don’t happen to be white. That was the position California Assembly Democrats were prepared to argue before the rest of their Democratic colleagues, including progressive culture warrior Newsom, forced them to come to their senses.
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