{"id":248723,"date":"2021-03-18T16:30:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T20:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=248723"},"modified":"2021-03-18T16:30:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T20:30:35","slug":"after-latest-arrest-its-clear-that-drag-queen-story-hour-is-a-haven-for-child-predators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-latest-arrest-its-clear-that-drag-queen-story-hour-is-a-haven-for-child-predators\/","title":{"rendered":"After Latest Arrest, It\u2019s Clear That \u2018Drag Queen Story Hour\u2019 Is A Haven For Child 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\">32<\/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%2Fafter-latest-arrest-its-clear-that-drag-queen-story-hour-is-a-haven-for-child-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=248723&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1906.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The Mayor of Milwaukee, Tom Barrett, reportedly expressed his \u201ccomplete surprise\u201d that child court Judge Brett Blomme \u2014 who \u201cpreviously headed up an LGBTQ organization that fundraised for \u2018drag queen story hour\u2019 among other programs\u201d \u2014 was arrested on \u201ctentative\u201d charges of possession of child pornography.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/child-court-judge-ex-head-of-lgbt-group-that-promoted-drag-queen-story-hour-arrested-on-child-porn-charges\">Daily Wire<\/a>, \u201cThe Wisconsin Department of Justice reportedly began an investigation into Blomme after receiving a tip through the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, according to the complaint, which also alleges that Blomme shared child pornography with other Kik users through private chats and messaging groups on 27 separate occasions. The complaint lists descriptions of the videos, which are both graphic and disturbing. Some of the videos involve toddlers and other very young children.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Brett Blomme \u201cwas taken into custody by special agents with the state Division of Criminal Investigation,\u201d the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/crime\/2021\/03\/17\/tom-barrett-says-child-porn-accusations-against-blomme-alarming\/4733174001\/\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>, citing a statement. Mayor Barrett said \u201cThe allegations are alarming,\u201d and that \u201cThe reports of the arrest came as a complete surprise.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For those who have been paying attention, such an arrest is far from a complete surprise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cDrag Queen Story Hour\u201d \u2014 which the organization led by Bloome described as capturing \u201cthe imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models\u201d \u2014 is itself part of an open effort to sexualize children, exposing them to drastically inappropriate scenarios and situations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>One such shocking example was reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/photos-drag-queen-in-skirt-exposed-crotch-to-children-at-story-hour-event\">Daily Wire<\/a> in October 2019, after photos showed that \u201cdrag queen performer named \u2018Sasha Sota\u2019 repeatedly exposed himself while reading to young children during a recent \u2018Drag Queen Story Hour\u2019 event at a taxpayer-funded library in Minnesota.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe drag queen \u2018strode in suggestively past the children, sitting down in a chair before several preschool-aged girls with his legs spread wide, exposing his nylon covered crotch in front of children sitting at eye level,\u2019 and \u2018\u2026did this often while reading nervously before the children.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As if the \u201cnervous\u201d exposure of genitalia to children isn\u2019t evidence enough that such behavior is an exhibition of child abuse, it\u2019s important to also understand that Bloome is not the first person associated with \u201cDrag Queen Story Hours\u201d who has been caught up in accusations of sexual offenses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In 2019, for example, the Houston Public Library <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-6817409\/Library-admits-let-convicted-sex-offender-read-children-young-two.html\"><span>admitted<\/span><\/a><span> that they allowed a convicted sex offender to read to children \u201cas young as two\u201d after \u201cfailing to perform a basic background check.\u201d The man had been \u201cpreviously charged for sexually assaulting a child,\u201d who was eight-years-old at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Another registered sex offender, William Travis Dees, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawenforcementtoday.com\/school-sponsored-event-allowing-child-predators-sex-offenders-access-to-kids\/\">reportedly<\/a> found to have participated in the \u201cSpace City Sisters,\u201d another drag queen story hour troop in Houston.<\/p>\n<p><span>The fact that such events and organizations attract sexual predators is hardly surprising, given that they provide near unfettered access to children in an environment which not only allows but celebrates sexual and sexualized behavior. Made worse, of course, by the long-term objective of normalizing such despicable behavior.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Let\u2019s make one thing clear. The sexualization of children is not normal, and it is a societal crime that there are still those who don\u2019t understand that events like \u201cDrag Queen Story Hours\u201d will \u2014 at the very least \u2014 expose innocent children to drastically inappropriate content and \u2014 at the very worst \u2014 put them within reach of child rapists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This has to end before more children are needlessly put in harms way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i>@ighaworth<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mayor of Milwaukee, Tom Barrett, reportedly expressed his \u201ccomplete surprise\u201d that child court Judge Brett Blomme \u2014 who \u201cpreviously headed up an LGBTQ organization that fundraised for \u2018drag queen &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310776,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1906.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"After Latest Arrest, It\u2019s Clear That \u2018Drag Queen Story Hour\u2019 Is A Haven For Child Predators","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1906.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"After Latest Arrest, It\u2019s Clear That \u2018Drag Queen Story Hour\u2019 Is A Haven For Child Predators","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}