Biff_Poindexter
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Missouri House expels member charged with child abuse
The Missouri House on Wednesday ousted a lawmaker accused of sexually and physically abusing his children years ago.
www.ajc.com
"The Missouri House of Representatives voted Wednesday to expel a suburban Kansas City lawmaker over allegations he sexually abused two of his children years ago. By an almost-unanimous vote, the GOP-led House expelled Rick Roeber, a Republican who was elected in November. Roeber previously told the committee that he didn’t sexually abuse his children.
Several of Roeber’s children testified to House investigators this year he also frequently beat them with a belt, choked them and once drowned a litter of puppies. The committee found records showing that his children reported the abuse around the time it allegedly occurred in the 1990s, but the Jackson County prosecutor’s office didn’t file charges. State Rep. Robert Sauls, a Democrat from Independence who served on the Ethics Committee, said: “The state of Missouri has failed these children, and I will not sit back and let the state of Missouri continue to fail them.”
It wasn't a secret in Missouri that this guy had serious allegations of child and sexual abuse against him; but the voters there made their choice and their choice was clear. They believed in Rick Roeber and elected him to serve, not his kids... It's shameful how Dems are able to use this #Metoo movement to push people to make up allegations from 20 years ago -- these people aren't even kids anymore; they are grown.....if police didn't believe them then, why should we believe them now?? Who would believe a God-fearing Christian conservative would drown a litter of puppies??