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Ralph Shortey

Ralph Shortey, elected to the Oklahoma Senate in 2010 where he repeatedly supported far right positions including anti-LGBT legislation, resigned in 2017 after being arrested for arranging to pay a 17-yr. old male for sex. His wife and mother of their four children divorced him the next year. He was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison and 10 years of probation and ordered to pay the minor $125,850 for restitution toward possible “mental, psychiatric, and psychological treatment.”

  • Political Party: Republican
  • Birth date: February 16, 1982
  • Birth place: Casper, Wyoming
  • Imprisoned, anti-LGBTQ Oklahoma senator has to pay $125,000 to the teen male prostitute he hired
    News (USA)

    Imprisoned, anti-LGBTQ Oklahoma senator has to pay $125,000 to the teen male prostitute he hired

    He supported bills targeting gay and transgender people before cheating on his wife with a teen.

    Saturday, February 2, 2019
  • Republican politician gets 15 years in prison for sex trafficking a teenage boy
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    Republican politician gets 15 years in prison for sex trafficking a teenage boy

    He promised the teen “money for spring break” in exchange for “sex stuff.”

    Tuesday, September 18, 2018
  • Republican pressured to resign after comparing homosexuality to pedophilia
    News (USA)

    Republican pressured to resign after comparing homosexuality to pedophilia

    He asked why Democrats aren’t mad about Barney Frank… but what did Barney Frank do?

    Saturday, December 30, 2017
  • Watch footage of a ‘family values’ politician getting busted with teen male prostitute
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    Watch footage of a ‘family values’ politician getting busted with teen male prostitute

    But wait until you see the t-shirt he was wearing when the cops walked into the hotel room.

    Wednesday, December 6, 2017
  • Wingnut politician who was busted with a teen boy asks judge to spend more time with kids
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    Wingnut politician who was busted with a teen boy asks judge to spend more time with kids

    Before his arrest, he was best known for proposing legislation to ban the human consumption of aborted fetuses.

    Monday, December 4, 2017
  • Former Trump campaign chair to plead guilty on child sex trafficking charges
    News (USA)

    Former Trump campaign chair to plead guilty on child sex trafficking charges

    Another so-called “family values” conservative whose hypocrisy and criminal behavior has caught up with him.

    Tuesday, November 21, 2017
  • Former GOP state senator busted with teen boy now faces child porn charges too
    News (USA)

    Former GOP state senator busted with teen boy now faces child porn charges too

    A Republican Oklahoma legislator charged with hiring a 17-year-old boy for sex resigned in March, but new legal charges are keeping him in the spotlight.

    Thursday, September 7, 2017
  • Oklahoma Republican resigns senate over underage prostitution charge
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    Oklahoma Republican resigns senate over underage prostitution charge

    Ralph Shortey has officially stepped down, saying his case would be a distraction for the Oklahoma senate.

    Thursday, March 23, 2017
  • A wingnut caught seeking sex from a minor shows how little the right has changed
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    A wingnut caught seeking sex from a minor shows how little the right has changed

    A Republican who wanted to ban fetuses in food was caught in a hotel room with a teenage boy… this is not a focus on “economic issues.”

    Friday, March 17, 2017
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