A pastor kicked off a recent campaign stop for Michael Whatley, the Republican nominee for Senate, with a prayer that asked God to bestow “integrity and honesty” upon the event and to right wrongs “hammered down on the conservative movement.”
The prayer was hardly unusual by North Carolina political standards. What was surprising was the man who delivered it. Pastor Daimon L. King is a registered sex offender, twice sentenced to prison for convictions involving children, according to state and court records.
Convicted sex offender offered opening prayer at rally for GOP Senate nominee in North Carolina
https://apnews.com/article/whatley-pastor-sex-offender-prayer-rally-01eab33af03f6a308719ce6a62157451
16 Comments
jeena@piefed.jeena.net · 39 pts · 11h
From the title I thought it was Trump giving a speach and was wondering why this is news.
wheezy@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 7h
If we lived in a world with headlines that accurate I'd be wondering what alternative dimension I'd fallen into first.
Eldritch@piefed.world · 1 pts · 1h
That's an absolutely valid take. Mine was such a headline was so vague that could literally be anyone at a GOP event. Most of them are serial offenders and a few are sofa offenders.
QueenHawlSera@piefed.social · 28 pts · 10h
Remember, the suspicion that a trans person might be a pedophile is more important than the fact that a Conservative on the sex offender registry is DEFINITELY a pedophile.
wheezy@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 7h
My barber is trans. I can confirm that he is constantly wanting to cut off parts of my body. I think he's coming for my penis next! Please send help!
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 6h
Thoughts and prayers!
Hakuso@scribe.disroot.org · 20 pts · 11h
Sorry, isn't "sex offender" synonymous with the Guardians of Pedophiles?
ExtremeDullard@piefed.social · 15 pts · 10h
In fairness, the main speaker at the Dallas midterm RNC is also a convicted sex offender and a pedophile. It's a Republican tradition.
postman@literature.cafe · 12 pts · 8h
Article gets one fact wrong: this isn't 'surprising'.
Snapz@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 8h
You already said gop?
FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 10h
The hypocrisy is probably why I hate them the most
Nonprophet@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 4h
GOP gonna GOP
ramenshaman@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 10h
Par for the course
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 10h
Maybe he's planning on moving there and wants to kill two birds with one stone. He can have his little book club meeting or whatever and notify them of his status as a sex offender all at once.
theneverfox@pawb.social · 2 pts · 46m
If they're a child sex offender, say that. I hate how the media softens impacts that shouldn't be softened these days
chewypoops@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 32m
Not just a sex offender. A twice-convicted child rapist.