19-year-old Fmr. Candidate for KS Governor may have just won a State House seat

[brucejoel99]

Across the country, is there anyone in public office who is as bad a person as Coleman? I honestly can't think of one. Not even MTG.

I mean, Lauren Boebert may have collaborated in an attempt on the lives of Congress and the Vice President, but it's definitely a short list.

Potentially Andy Biggs, too.

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

Across the country, is there anyone in public office who is as bad a person as Coleman? I honestly can't think of one. Not even MTG.

The worst person is probably some local small town councilor whose actually a child molester. There’s a couple tens of thousand of them across the country, so statistically there’s some real pieces of work out there in some minor office

[Bootes Void]

Wow what a scumbag and I am older than him , also why does it matter what factions of the party are you from?

 You need ethical standards for public officials .

[neostassenite31]

Apparantly the Republican caucus is trying to find a "mentor" for him as well. Just wow

[Continential]

Apparantly the Republican caucus is trying to find a "mentor" for him as well. Just wow

wtf.

[walleye26]

Does Kansas have a recall provision?

[politics_king]

Is he a member of the 4chan Party?

[NYDem]

The independent jagoff caucus has officially formed:
https://twitter.com/KCMikeMahoney/status/1349051754156060672

(alternate link)

Good to know there is literally no chance of this kid lasting another term now.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

https://twitter.com/jonshorman/status/1454864460057923592

Sorry for the necropost, but this seemed the right place.

Looks like this story is about to reach its thoroughly predictable conclusion.

[free my dawg]

Take out the trash.

[LiberalDem19]

https://twitter.com/jonshorman/status/1454864460057923592

Sorry for the necropost, but this seemed the right place.

Looks like this story is about to reach its thoroughly predictable conclusion.

I guess this guy telling everyone how he was reformed and how the past was just him being a troubled youth was unsurprisingly BS

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Hard to see how he isn't primaried.

[NewYorkExpress]

Add DUI, to the list of things Aaron Coleman has been indicted for.

Kansas Rep. Aaron Coleman was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence Saturday morning, his second arrest in less than a month.

The Kansas Highway Patrol arrested Coleman, a Kansas City, Kansas, Democrat, at 1 a.m. Saturday at mile marker 203 on westbound Interstate 70, according to Douglas County jail records.

 Coleman, who was out on bond from an arrest last month, was booked into the Douglas County Jail and released on $250 bond Saturday at 1:37 p.m.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Coleman is the third Kansas legislator to face allegations of criminal conduct this year. Rep. Mark Samsel, a Wellsville Republican, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after he allegedly kicked a student in the groin while substitute teaching. And Sen. Gene Suellentrop, a Wichita Republican, drove the wrong way down Interstate 70 in Topeka while drunk. He pleaded guilty in October to driving under the influence and reckless driving. All three remain in office.

What the hell is in the water over there?

Hopefully this is it for Coleman. They should've started the impeachment/expulsion process after the most recent(!!!) domestic violence arrest.

[Schiff for Senate]

He's a black Republican in West Virginia. He should be asking the GOP to pay him a generous retainer to remain in office so they can point to him as evidence that they're not just a racist white people party.

Agreed. The only way he could possibly be better is if he were LGBT, but that might hurt with the base.

[Schiff for Senate]

Apparently, the stuff that this kid is being accused of (and seems to have admitted to) occurred when he was in sixth grade.

It’s totally fair to slam him for the dumb stuff he is saying now.  But there’s no way stuff you did when you were 11 years old should follow you around in your adult professional life.

Awful take. We aren’t talking about dumb forum posts or underage drinking here, this guy blackmailed someone with nude pictures to try to get more of them. There is no age he could’ve done that at to make it anything other than psychopathic. He should be nowhere near elected office.

Agree with NYDem. You can't just absolve him of everything 'because he was 11.' Eleven is old enough and these acts horrific enough. I read about Coleman running for governor in 2018 and he seemed decent then but now that I know the truth I am repulsed. Having said that, if he has been duly elected by the people with them knowing this, then the Speaker shouldn't reject that. The GOP has its share of bad eggs.

[Schiff for Senate]

This race isn't over yet, as the vote canvas (which will rule on any provisional ballots) takes place on Monday.

That being said, talk of the Speaker not allowing Coleman to be seated if he wins is honestly a bit much. The power to expel ought not be expansive enough to empower the State House to simply disregard the will of Coleman's electorate, however distasteful the State House may find his previous conduct, because Coleman's constituents still chose to elect him despite knowing about his actions. The State House needs to respect that if they respect, y'know, the idea of democracy.

It's controlled by the GOP so I'm not that sure that they will.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Across the country, is there anyone in public office who is as bad a person as Coleman? I honestly can't think of one. Not even MTG.

Justin Fairfax. Obvious and easy answer.

[Schiff for Senate]

Across the country, is there anyone in public office who is as bad a person as Coleman? I honestly can't think of one. Not even MTG.

Short answer: yes, their definitely is, unfortunately.

[Schiff for Senate]

I think Aaron Coleman's sick actions may be the result of being abused himself; it says in one of the articles that he was locked in a closet for hours while attending elementary school at Turner Elementary School in Turner, KS. Having said that he's clearly not a good person on the whole.

[Continential]

https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/race/2022-08-02-state_house-D-KS-17460/

Good riddance

[wesmoorenerd]

rip bozo

[NewYorkExpress]

https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/race/2022-08-02-state_house-D-KS-17460/

Good riddance

All 321 voters who voted for Coleman should be removed from the voter registry posthaste.

[Duke of York]

good riddance. He is a deeply troubled young man who needs serious help.

[Senator Incitatus]

A double loss for the Greitens caucus.