Republican Lawmaker Let Convicted Sex Offender To Work On Her Campaign

Republican Representative Mary Miller is under fire after it was revealed that a convicted sex offender - one who tried to lure an underage boy into a parking lot to perform sexual acts - to work on her campaign. While the man wasn't on the payroll, he was a personal chauffeur for Miller on several occasions and she even let him use her family vehicle, so they were close. Farron Cousins explains what happened.

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A first term, Republican member of Congress by the name of Mary Miller has found herself in the middle of controversy, as it appears that her reelection campaign actually used as an unpaid volunteer, a convicted sex offender to go and knock on doors and raise money among many other things for Miller. Now, let me read this to you. This is what happened. The man is named Brad graven. He is a former state worker who pleaded guilty to Luing a young boy to a drug store, parking lot for sex acts in 2005. So he pleaded guilty convicted sex offender on an underage boy. And let me read this about his involvement with the Miller campaign photos, videos and state election records show graven was actively involved in helping the effort to reelect Miller reached by phone graven claimed he was merely an unpaid volunteer for the Miller campaign.

His name does not show up on the campaign payroll, but Gran enjoyed virtually unlimited access to Miller served as her personal show fur at public events and raised money for her campaign Miller trusted graven with her family vehicle, which is adorned with campaign stickers and legislative license plate to make matters worse for Ms. Miller. She is fond of saying at campaign stops like she did recently, quote, a politician is known by their votes and by who they hang around with. Well, you're not wrong about that. So what should we think about a person who hangs around with a convicted sex offender who tried to have sex with a child in a drug store parking lot? You let him drive your personal car and act as your chauffer to get you to and from events, I'd say that's pretty dang close of a relationship. This isn't just some random person you knew off the street and said, Hey, here's my keys. Take me to this place. You must have trusted this man enough with your personal vehicle with your life at that point, cuz he is driving you around.

You didn't think twice to maybe run a background check on this individual or did you run the background check? And you just simply didn't care that this guy was convicted for trying to have sex with a child. You know, this comes at a time, obviously when Republicans are out there accusing everybody of being a groomer that disagrees with them. And yet here we are, she is a sitting member of Congress. Uh, like I said, this is her first term she's seeking reelection. And her district was actually recently combined with another Republican district. So she is actually up against in the Republican

Primary, a five term Republican incumbent who was in the 13 district. But now he's part of her district. Uh, so he of course has the edge and I'm sure this story isn't gonna help, but you know, what is an interesting little factoid, you know, who's really good friends with Ms. Miller, Marjorie Taylor green. Of course she is the woman who can't stop crying about groomers and pedophiles actually held a fundraiser last summer for Ms. Miller. Who of course is being chauffeur by a convicted pedophile. So, you know, there's that haven't seen Marjorie Taylor green make any statements about Miller's little friend here, Mr. Graven, but I'm sure it's coming right because you're you care so deeply about children. I'm sure Marjorie that you have something to say about your good friend from Congress, ping around with a convicted sex offender.