{"id":2256151,"date":"2024-05-30T19:34:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T23:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-done-with-us-california-democrat-blasts-her-own-party-for-protecting-sexual-predators\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T19:36:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T23:36:17","slug":"im-done-with-us-california-democrat-blasts-her-own-party-for-protecting-sexual-predators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-done-with-us-california-democrat-blasts-her-own-party-for-protecting-sexual-predators\/","title":{"rendered":"California Democrat Criticizes Party for Shielding Sexual Predators"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fim-done-with-us-california-democrat-blasts-her-own-party-for-protecting-sexual-predators%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2256151&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary\u200b highlights California State Senator Susan \u2064Eggman&#8217;s\u2062 strong stance against protecting child abusers \u200cwithin her own party. Senator Eggman, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-covid-30-americans-pack-on-the-pounds-during-covid-19-new-report-says\/\" title=\"The COVID 30: Americans Pack On The Pounds During COVID-19, New Report Says\">mental health professional<\/a>,\u2062 advocates for harsher penalties for purchasing sex from children. She emphasizes the need to \u200dprotect \u2062victims and strengthen laws \u2064against\u2062 such offenses, urging bipartisan support \u200cfor the bill she endorses. This summary showcases California State Senator Susan Eggman&#8217;s firm position against \u200csafeguarding child abusers within her political party. As a mental health professional, Senator Eggman pushes for stricter penalties for those buying sex from minors. \u200dShe underscores the importance of shielding victims,\u200c enhancing laws against such crimes, and calling for bipartisan backing for the \u200clegislation she champions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>A Democratic California lawmaker who supports a bill that would keep convicted pedophiles behind bars for longer excoriated her colleagues last week, saying she was \u201cdone\u201d with her own party \u201cprotecting\u201d those who abuse children.<\/p>\n<p>State Senator Susan Eggman, 63, who represents an area just outside San Francisco, delivered a heated floor speech last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to say as a progressive, proud member of this body for the last 12 years, I\u2019m done,\u201d Eggman said. \u201cI\u2019m done with us protecting people who would buy and abuse our children. I\u2019m done.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">HOLY SH*T!!! \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>Susan Talamantes walks away from the Democrat party in California after 12 years !!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m done. I\u2019m done with us protecting people who would buy and abuse our children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want people buying little girls anymore. And I\u2019m tired of saying it\u2019s okay\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G28gJAVpwc\">pic.twitter.com\/G28gJAVpwc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TONY\u2122 (@TONYxTWO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TONYxTWO\/status\/1796011603252445690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to send more black and brown men to prison,\u201d she continued. \u201cI don\u2019t want more people in prison. But I don\u2019t want people buying girls. I don\u2019t want people buying little girls anymore. And I\u2019m tired of saying it\u2019s okay and that we have to protect the men who do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eggman went on to say that as a mental health professional and as a social worker she has spent her \u201centire career working with people who have been wounded, I\u2019m not going to say beyond repair, but they have been wounded to their core by the abuse that\u2019s been heaped on them oftentimes by those that they love and look to protect them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if their parents won\u2019t do it then by God we should,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Currently under California law, purchasing sex from a child is only a misdemeanor that carries a punishment of two days to a year in jail and a $10,000 fine.<\/p>\n<p>The bipartisan <a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1414\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bill<\/a> Eggman supports would make buying child sex a felony punishable by at least two to four years in prison and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-marshals-arrest-30-recover-five-missing-teens-in-operation-boo-dat\/\" title=\"U.S. Marshals Arrest 30, Recover Five Missing Teens in 'Operation Boo Dat'\">sex offender registration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the bill moved forward, but not before Democrats made significant changes. The new version of the bill <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/california-bill-making-buying-child-sex-a-felony-moves-forward-after-dems-water-it-down\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">would<\/a> only allow prosecutors to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-dems-water-down-bill-to-make-buying-child-sex-a-felony\/\" title=\"California Democrats weaken bill criminalizing purchase of child sex\">level felony charges<\/a> if the minor was under 16, meaning those who attempted to buy sex with a 16-year-old or 17-year-old could still only be charged with a misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>The bill\u2019s author, Republican State Senator Shannon Grove, reacted with dismay to the \u201chostile amendments\u201d to her bill, her voice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/california-sb-1414-passes-changes-made-groves\/60515287\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shaking<\/a> as she responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo force these amendments on me in front of survivors, to water this down to avoid 16 and 17-year-olds,\u201d Grove said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Before the changes, Grove explained that she spoke to sex trafficking survivors last year who told her, \u201cYou\u2019ve got to go after the buyers\u201d in order to really crack down on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buying-child-sex-is-only-a-misdemeanor-in-california-this-bill-would-change-that\/\" title=\"A new bill in California aims to change the offense of buying child sex to a more serious crime\">child sex trade<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to make the solicitation, the person who\u2019s going out there going, \u2018Hey little 13-year-old, 14-year-old, 15-year-old.\u2019 I want to get that person. I want that person to face felony charges. That\u2019s what the bill does,\u201d Grove <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/california-bill-making-buying-child-sex-a-felony-moves-forward-after-dems-water-it-down\">said<\/a> during a phone interview with The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Eggman also said that her party has \u201cgot to move back into the center\u201d on this issue \u201cor we all look like fools and laughingstocks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of these kids can be throwaway kids. They\u2019re poor kids, they\u2019re kids of color, but they shouldn\u2019t have to live a life determined by what happens to them by others at a very young age and have the Democratic Party of California say, \u2018It\u2019s okay,&#8217;\u201d Eggman <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/05\/30\/us-news\/democrat-california-senator-susan-eggman-blasts-party-over-pedophile-jail-sentence-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A California Democrat, Senator Susan Eggman, criticized her party for shielding child abusers, expressing frustration with colleagues. 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