Another so-called defender of morality has been exposed for what he really is. South Carolina State Representative RJ May, a Republican from Lexington County, has been indicted on ten federal counts of distributing CSAM. According to prosecutors, May used the messaging app Kik to share more than 200 explicit videos.
For those unfamiliar, Kik is a free chat app notorious for its lack of moderation and history of enabling sex offenders, pedophiles, CSAM collectors, and child traffickers. It requires little to no verification to create an account, making it a favored tool among people looking to trade illegal material under pseudonyms. In May’s case, his alleged username was ‘joebidennnn69’.
That alone would be absurd if it weren’t so revolting. A far-right politician with a meme-laced handle trying to disguise himself behind the very name he spent his career attacking. The hypocrisy doesn’t stop there. May wasn’t just a Republican state lawmaker. He was the co-founder of the South Carolina Freedom Caucus, a hardline offshoot of the national conservative movement that claims to stand for ‘traditional values’ and rails against the so-called cultural decay of America.
Yet here he is, indicted for engaging in the kind of depravity that the Freedom Caucus pretends only exists in liberal cities. Court filings allege May accessed Kik nearly a thousand times on his home Wi-Fi. Messages and video trades were traced back to his devices and ISP account. He reportedly deleted Kik and other apps commonly used to traffic in illegal content within seconds of each other in April 2024, just days before federal agents seized nearly three dozen of his devices.
He was arrested at his West Columbia home and remains in federal custody without bond. The Freedom Caucus quickly expelled him, trying to put distance between themselves and the mess he left behind. But there’s no denying who he was, their co-founder, their ideological twin, their chosen representative.
This isn’t the first time someone hiding behind the language of righteousness has turned out to be a predator. And it won’t be the last. Because when you build a political brand on moral panic and blame, what you’re really doing is trying to draw attention away from yourself. Sometimes that distraction works. Until it doesn’t.
And lest I forget, the ‘esteemed’ senator is not a drag queen.
(Sources)
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