Nancy Pelosi’s Would-Be Successor Makes Another Move To Protect Pedophiles
A notorious California Democrat who is looking to fill Nancy Pelosi’s congressional seat is again supporting legislation that protects sexual predators who commit crimes against children.
If passed into law, California’s AB-2691 would prohibit individuals convicted of sexual assault or human trafficking from holding public office in California. But thanks to Sen. Scott Wiener, an amendment was added to carve out an exception for those who committed crimes against children.
The bill unanimously passed through the California Assembly and was referred to the Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee, where it was amended to provide protections for convicted pedophiles. The committee, which is chaired by Wiener, amended the bill to clarify that the term “sexual assault” does not include several violations of California’s penal code involving the sexual assault of minors.
At a June 30 hearing on the bill, Greg Burt, vice president of the California Family Council, stated that the amendments were so shocking that he and his colleagues couldn’t believe they were real.
“When we read the June 24th amendment to AB 2691, our honest reaction was that it could not be real. We assumed we’d misread it. We sat in our office and tried to imagine how anyone could stand up and defend it. So I’m here today, generally hoping someone will tell us why crimes against children are being carved out of this bill,” Burt stated.
“Barring people convicted of felony sexual assault and human trafficking from holding public office is good policy. We want to support the bill, but the amendments — we were told this committee chair demanded — exempt convictions for felony sodomy, oral copulation, and sexual penetration against children.”
Wiener, who is running for Nancy Pelosi’s congressional seat, has a history of pushing legislation that protects sex offenders. In 2019, Wiener introduced a bill, which is now California law, that shields young adults from mandatory registration onto the sex offender registry if the sexually victimized minor is at least 14 and within 10 years of their age. Wiener is known for his LGBTQ+ activism and has spearheaded multiple bills in the California Senate that push transgender policies into state law.
Senator Steven Choi, the Republican Vice Chair of the Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee, said at the hearing that he “could no longer in good conscience support” AB-2691 because the bill “excludes heinous crimes like sodomy of a minor or sexual penetration of a minor.”
“I supported this bill but I now believe that this bill must be opposed because of the absurd message that it sends — namely that it’s okay to have pedophiles and the child groomers in elected office. Until the highness of crimes involving minors are restored in the definition of a sexual assault under this bill, I will not be able to in good conscience support this bill,” stated Choi.
Wiener responded to Choi’s comments by defending the amended bill, claiming those who opposed the changes were doing so due to “pure politics and pure political cynicism.”
“I’ve been in politics a long time, and every time I think I’ve seen the height of cynicism in politics, there are some people who manage to set a new world record in political cynicism,” Wiener stated.
Wiener voted in support of AB-2691, which passed the committee with the pedophile protections in place in a 4-1 vote.
At the same hearing, Wiener openly opposed AB-2753, a bill that would prohibit anyone on the sex offender registry from holding public office.
“I will be voting no on this bill and recommending that the committee vote no,” Wiener stated and explained that California’s sex offender registry was “extreme and broken” before he and other legislators started “fixing it.”
Wiener recommended changes be made to the bill in alignment with analysis provided by the Senate Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments, which states the bill creates concerns for members of the LGBTQ+ community and does not provide flexibility for changes in law over time in determining what constitutes a sexual offense.
“The bill does not make allowances for changes in law over time, so things that may have been sex offenses in the past, such as consensual sex between two men, would preclude a person from running for office under this bill,” states the analysis.
Wiener did not respond to The Daily Wire’s request for comment.
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