The Fourth Amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures…. ICE agents don’t get to kidnap someone, from a coffee shop parking lot, without reasonable suspicion or probable cause. The Fifth Amendment guarantees due process…. Holding someone against their will while refusing to tell them why, or denying them access to contact anyone, is a constitutional violation

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One of the most effective political strategies in America has been convincing parents that LGBTQ+ people are a threat to their children. West Virginia Republican Delegate Elliott Pritt made that message part of his legislative record. He supported legislation banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors and restricting discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools, both framed as measures to protect children. On Wednesday, federal agents arrested Pritt and charged him with enticement of a minor. According to the federal criminal complaint, investigators allege the 36-year-old public school teacher communicated with a 15-year-old girl through Roblox before moving the conversations to Snapchat. Prosecutors allege he sent sexually explicit photographs, requested nude images, and arranged multiple sexual encounters with the student. Pritt now faces a federal charge of enticement of a minor. Within hours of the arrest, House Speaker Roger Hanshaw removed Pritt from his position as Assistant Majority Leader and called for his resignation. The allegations have nothing to do with a drag queen, a transgender teenager, bathrooms, LGBTQ books or a gay teacher. They involve a Republican lawmaker whose public record included a warning that children needed protection from the LGBTQ community when in reality, federal prosecutors allege that it was Pritt exploiting a child.