Texas GOP's Top Anti-Groomer Crusader Resigns Over Sexual Misconduct With Teenage Aide

Republican State Rep. Bryan Slaton of Texas resigned his seat Monday in order to avoid a public expulsion hearing after an investigation determined one of the party's loudest voices promoting the baseless threat of "groomers" in the LGBTQ+ community had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a 19-year-old member of his staff that included furnishing her with alcohol...

https://www.commondreams.org/news/texas-gop-bryan-slaton-resigns

GOP uses sexual grooming in assault on Democrats - The Washington Post

…The rapid escalation in public support for the LGBTQ community's rights in recent years had quieted much of the blatant homophobia in the nation's political discourse. But, in recent weeks, Republicans have reverted to verbal and legal assaults on the community, sometimes employing baseless tropes that suggest children are being groomed or recruited by defenders of gay rights. The efforts ahead of the midterm elections are intended to rile up the Republican base and fill the campaign coffers of its candidates, without offering evidence that any Democrat had committed a repugnant crime…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/20/republicans-grooming-democrats/