Here in lovely, thawing Minnesota, our Republican representatives tried to outlaw opposition to Trump’s policies, on the grounds that anyone who questions the Supreme Leader must be a victim of an illness, Trump Derangement Syndrome. Reverse it, flip it, change it around — I think the real derangement is the failure to see that Trump is a monster wrecking the government and the nation.
Today, one of the Republican sponsors of that bill was arrested, and it wasn’t for proposing a stupid law, nor was it for his haircut (which would be justifiable grounds, I think).
State Sen. Justin Eichorn, R-Grand Rapids, was arrested in Bloomington on suspicion of soliciting a minor for sex.
Bloomington Police led Eichorn, 40, to believe he was talking to a 16-year old girl and then met the senator and arrested him Monday near the 8300 block of Normandale Avenue, according to a Bloomington Police Department press release.
Gosh, I guess if you were out cruising for teenage girls, that whole stretch from Normandale to the mall on France Ave. to the Mall of America would be a likely place. That guy, who looks like a low-rent Chris Elliott, should at least wear a hat, though, or expect to be laughed at.
Maybe someone should investigate the other sponsors of the bill, Eric Lucero of St. Michael, Steve Drazkowski of Mazeppa, Nathan Wesenberg of Little Falls, and Glenn Gruenhagen of Glencoe…oh, wait. Gruenhagen! I know that name!
I’ll be the first to say it. That comparison was VERY insulting to Chris Elliott!
Critical for a guy like that to find a girl who has never seen a penis before.
I’m shocked, minimally shocked, that such a thing could happen. No doubt the local police have been infected with the woke, DEI virus, and Sen. Eichom will be pardoned by Dear Leader. Then he can get back to the important business of making life worse for the other 99% of the population. /s
Of course, we all have read that the xtian terrorists are mostly molesters. Maybe that’s why so many of them are called ‘lay’ people, ’cause they’re always trying to get ‘laid’ with young people. (not really funny because it’s true).
I hope there’s body cam footage of the arrest, can’t imagine this guy turning more pale, but I’d like to see.
It really is unfair to poor Chris Elliott. It’s just the blondness and the receding hairline…no insult to Elliott intended.
Ah, politics. I took a look: https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/18/gop-state-sen-justin-eichorn-arrested-for-suspicion-of-soliciting-sex-with-a-16-year-old-girl/
Trying to codify the political insult they stole from the Ds. HDS and Hillary Derangement Syndrome.
It’s ableist regardless of party use.
Gruenhagen! I know that name!
According to the link, Senator G has another job title, “Pastor”. Maybe he can advise Eichorn on finding a career more suited to his personality.
Trump himself is Patient Zero for Trump Derangement Syndrome. He is deranged about himself.
I remember Chris Elliott from the old Dave Letterman show in the early 80s. He excelled at playing kinda annoying characters like in Schitt’s Creek and one of the several creepy stalkers in There’s Something About Mary. He also played a guy living with his parents at an older age in Get a Life which kinda became prescient in a way given the way the so-called “American Dream” became a nightmare.
I would think the people who are in the Trump Cult are the deranged ones. An admission hides within an accusation. The guy pictured serves as confirmation.
Some of the neighbors were talking loudly and Trumpishly, as they do when I am in earshot. At least they weren’t talking about shooting libs again, but they are PLEASED by the chaos and turmoil Turnip is creating. It won’t sink in to them for a long time, if ever. They’re just happy to see lots of useless federal employees hitting the cobblestones. And, you know what, so am I. I’m super unimpressed with how the CDC completely abandoned its mission when the Turnip crowd started making rumblings. I’m totally unimpressed by how easily Ajit Pai was able to compromise the entire FCC, from the top, in short order. Or assface-whose-name-I-forget in the Postal Service. And the military and intelligence community – shameless careerists all of ’em. Did you notice that not a single CIA career went up in smoke for 9/11, or Iraq or Afghanistan? From the military perspective – same thing. We’re not as bad as the British (according to Mark Felton they have more admirals than they have combat ships) but all we get from those arsewipes is cheering for the F-35, Afghanistan, Syria, whatever! More wars we can lose.
I’m kind of scared because some of the insanity, except the parts preached in person by the shitboggles, might make sense. I doubt the democrats can do it, but wouldn’t it be wonderful if all these agencies were utterly gutted and reconstructed? Not by Elon’s henchpeople but by actual decent patriotic americans. Oh, right, they’re getting deported, NVM.
Bloomington Police led Eichorn, 40, to believe he was talking to a 16-year old girl and then met the senator and arrested him Monday near the 8300 block of Normandale Avenue
Isn’t it crazy that they can arrest a senator for doing a perfectly reprehensible thing like that, but there has to be a gigantic plodding incompetent legal process in order to find justice for a president who tried to steal our country? It’s just as reprehensible and he’s just as dead to rights only, something’s different.
Just to clarify Morales attempted tu quoque, Mitchell’s father died and her stepmother stopped all contact. She allegedly broke into her stepmother’s place to retrieve some things belonging to her father.
Not quite comparable to soliciting child sex.
Not even slightly.
It was in now way whatsoever any attempt by me to do that.
I take no credit whatsoever for adducing a slightly different take from a local news organisation.
Credit where credit is due:
Here:
(You never, ever get me, do ya? Not even slightly silent, are you, Bobiferant?)
FIWIW, even were I the originator, the unSilentbob has misapprehended the case at hand:
“Tu quoque is a discussion technique that intends to discredit the opponent’s argument by attacking the opponent’s own personal behavior and actions as being inconsistent with their argument, so that the opponent appears hypocritical.”
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque)
vs
“Hoist with his own petard” is a phrase from a speech in William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet that has become proverbial. The phrase’s meaning is that a bomb-maker is blown (“hoist”, the past tense of “hoise”) off the ground by his own bomb (“petard”), and indicates an ironic reversal or poetic justice.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoist_with_his_own_petard)
What do you mean, “tried”?
This is not his first rodeo. In bull riding, you only need to be careless once.
Marcus Ranum @ # 13: We’re not as bad as the British (according to Mark Felton they have more admirals than they have combat ships) …
I recall reading that the US Navy had reached that top-heavy point way back in the 20th, so I did a little search:
statista.com: In the fiscal year of 2024, the United States Navy estimates there will be a total year-end strength of 347,000 personnel. In the same year, they expect to have 10 Admirals and 32 Vice Admirals …
wikipfft: The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet … (This article lists ships by category and name: I quit counting the officially commissioned vessels at 100, and I was still in the Js…)
So either my source was wrong, or somebody did some heavy housecleaning in the last few decades.
Or the demographic bulge of admirals have all hit retirement age, like the Boomers have done …