Matt Trowbridge, who ran as a Democratic state representative, was caught on camera by a group of pedophile hunters while attempting to meet with the minor.
Trowbridge believed he had been grooming an underage boy via text messages after finding the child on the app Grindr.
However, Trowbridge was having sexually explicit conversations with a member of the activist group "Predator Poachers of Massachusetts," who was posing as a child to catch pedophiles online.
The group does “To Catch A Predator” style stings and posts them on YouTube.
The group filmed the moment they caught Trowbridge trying to meet with the child and posted the video online.
According to the video, he's about #70 on their string of catches!