A 19-Year-Old Who Blackmailed a Girl for Nudes Just Won a Democratic Primary in Kansas

[demmiblue]

Source: Vice

A 19-year-old who admitted to blackmailing a girl for nude photographs and viciously bullying girls in middle school won a Democratic primary for a seat in the Kansas state House of Representatives. One of the women even says the candidate drove her to attempt suicide.

Aaron Coleman, a community college student and dishwasher, defeated the incumbent Stan Frownfelter by just 14 votes on Monday. Although Frownfelter pledged to run as a write-in candidate on Tuesday — and has the support of Democratic leadership in the state — no Republican has filed to run in the district.

The young woman who says she attempted suicide after Coleman’s abuse told the Kansas City Star that he started bullying her in the sixth grade. Coleman was “calling me fat, telling me to kill myself, like I’m never going to find anyone, like I’m worthless, just downgrading me every day.” She recalled him, in one message, calling her a “whale” and urging her to go on a diet and get braces.

In social media posts seen by the Star, another woman said that Coleman “harassed me for months,” including relentlessly calling her family’s home phone.


Read more: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7kpqez/a-19-year-old-who-blackmailed-a-girl-for-nudes-just-won-a-democratic-primary-in-kansas

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[CaptYossarian]

1. We've got our own Kavanaugh.

[intheflow]

22. First face that popped into my head, too. n/t

[Demsrule86]

26. so elect him and then kick him out. Don't elect a puke.

[caraher]

34. Or re-elect the incumbent

The loser of the primary plans a write-in campaign

[Warpy]

39. Two possibilities

First, he grew out of that behavior (very unlikely)

Second, he'll change his registration to GOP as soon as the votes are counted.

[SheltieLover]

2. Dems have publicly denounced him & his behavior

Not sure if they can stop him from using Dem designation.

Sociopath.

Wohl plant?

[MuseRider]

3. He has quite a history

of this. I cannot imagine how they could have elected this jerk.

[LisaL]

7. Apparently he wants to legalize pot.

NT

[PSPS]

13. LOL. Snap!

[MuseRider]

42. The day that happens here is still a long long way from now.

They are still calling it "the evil weed" on the floor. Both sides. While there is a possibility we might break the super majority I do not know how long it will take to get more Democrats in office and I am not even certain they would vote for legalizing weed. We will hold out until the rest of the country has had it for 25 years and still it will be hard. It is crazy but remember, this is the state that made the Airlines pick up the alcoholic drinks from their passengers as they flew overhead.

[Progressive Jones]

54. Who doesn't ??? nt

[JonLP24]

60. Is that a bad thing?

Alcohol is legal and I'm sorry it just isn't my thing. If you drink too much you get delusional tremors. Cannabis doesn't do that to me.

Oh well. We can pass most things in Arizona by ballot measure so hopefully it will be legalized here this year.

Looking him up it appears he supported policies other than cannabis legalization.

[TygrBright]

4. There are very few things that would make me urge write-in but this is one.

Time to mount a really powerful write-in campaign for the incumbent.

wearily,
Bright

[rpannier]

20. Had a great aunt in Illinois (she died in 2017 at 101)

She always voted Democratic - except one year
In 1986, LaRouche-ites Mark Fairchild and Janice A. Hart won the Democratic primaries for lieutenant governor and secretary of state.
Great Aunt Lena voted for the Republicans in both GE races.
I think, she'd vote for whomever had the best chance of beating him - even if it were a Republican

[Progressive Jones]

55. Those were the days of Governor James "Jim" Thompson, a moderate/liberal GOP Governor.

Thompson was relatively popular, and those "LaRouchies", running as Democrats, threw a monkey wrench into the 1986 election.

Nobody liked the "LaRouchies", especially Adlai Stevenson III, who was the Dem running for Gov. Those were the days of "Straight Ticket" voting here in IL. Adlai didn't want to run on the same ticket as the "LaRouchies". He tried a 3rd party gambit, but Thompson won.


Side note: Thompson passed away a week ago. RIP

[aeromanKC]

5. No worries, they are organizing a write-in for the Incumbent who lost by 14 votes for the General

And in Kansas you do not have to write the name in it's entirety. "Stan F" is fine for example.

[Laelth]

6. Sounds like a Cluster B-disordered person to me.

My ex-wife bragged about the fact that an ex-boyfriend of hers from High School committed suicide about a month after they broke up.

I should have listened to her warning way back when she told me this story. Instead, I projected my own good nature onto her. That was a mistake. Some people are just born evil. My ex was, Donald Trump was, and it sounds like Aaron Coleman was born that way too. I would advise everyone to heed Holly O’Reilly’s warning about this young man.

-Laelth

[msongs]

8. so why wasnt he charged with crimes and arrested? nt

[Laelth]

10. Good question.

I would only note that emotional abuse is very hard to prove and rarely prosecuted.

-Laelth

[LisaL]

18. One of the things he is accused of, is sending "nudes" of a girl

to people, when she refused to send him more "nudes" of herself. That's not just emotional abuse.

[Laelth]

21. Indeed.

So, why wasn’t he charged? It’s a good question. I would like an answer.

-Laelth

[LisaL]

23. Like I said, we don't know if the girl ever reported it to the police.

My guess is no.

[LisaL]

16. Maybe because he was a minor himself.

Or maybe the girl never reported it.

[Rebl2]

25. That's what

I would guess.

[magicarpet]

9. trDump kicked this door open,... men who abuse women and treat them like shit are macho men who,...

... should be revered, looked up to, and held on a pedestal.

[Javaman]

11. There are sociopath Dems too.

His past will eventually caught up to him

[Judi Lynn]

12. Want to keep Kansas teen Democrat who admitted to revenge porn out of office? Here's how

BY THE KANSAS CITY STAR EDITORIAL BOARD
AUGUST 19, 2020 05:00 AM


Kansas Democrats are in the astonishing position of opposing their own party’s nominee for a Wyandotte County seat in the state Legislature this November.

Let’s hope they get a lot of help in making this happen.

Monday’s official results from the Aug. 4 Democratic primary election gave a 14-vote win to embattled 19-year-old Aaron Coleman — who has acknowledged bullying, revenge porn and blackmail of girls in middle school some five years ago, as well as recent remarks cheering the thought of Republicans dying of COVID-19.

On Tuesday, the respected Democratic incumbent who lost to Coleman, state Rep. Stan Frownfelter, announced he is mounting a write-in campaign against the teenager in the November general election.

. . .

Patrick R. Miller, University of Kansas associate professor of political science, notes: “Across all statewide and congressional elections 2016-2018, Democrats won this district by an average of 23 points over Republicans. It’s a solidly blue Obama-Davis-Clinton-Kelly district that even Jerry Moran lost by about 15 points in 2016. So, Democrats do have a healthy cushion here, and it’s conceivable that they could divide their vote and still prevail over any Republican write-in.”

More:
https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article245072565.html

[rpannier]

14. Aaron Coleman has a punchable face

To go with his punchable personality

He laughed at Herman Caine's death from Covid
Not funny when you're supposed to be an elected representative
We should expect better

[not_the_one]

30. re: Herman Cain, I didn't laugh, but I also didn't give a shit.

In their eyes, life is cheap. So be it.

[JI7]

15. Hopefully Frownfelter wins youth write in votes.

[intheflow]

17. Yikes!

It's interesting that there was no Republican running. I've heard of campaigns where Dems have changed their party registration to Republican so they could run against Republicans in primaries, win, and move the local government to the left. I gotta wonder if this guy is a disguised Republican. Maybe a Libertarian.

But beyond that: dude is 19. I want to hear the transformation story of how he's grown up from a troubled teen five years ago to a stable teen now. Was he saved by Jesus? Did he come out? Is he on antipsychotic medicines? I do believe people can change, and people do change a lot from 14 to 19, but this kid's behavior was way OTT. My gut says he isn't one of us.

[GulfCoast66]

32. Unfortunately being a registered Democrat does not make you a good person.

We have to be able to condemn the assholes in our party or we become like the republicans. Unlike other nations we have no ability to kick someone out of the party. All you have to do is register.

There are way more important things than party affiliation.

[yaesu]

19. A republican plant? Another dirty trick they are known for. nt

[rpannier]

24. No

He's a Democrat
A horrible, awful person who happens to be a Democrat
Besides, it's unlikely the Republican Party in Kansas would try and get someone like this in the primary
Kansas has no sore-loser law.
It would be a waste of time and energy to spend money and hours on this guy
The guy he beat is running as a write-in candidate

Every political party has losers and opportunists in them.
During the 70's, 80's and part of the 90's the Democratic Party had the LaRouchies

[Orrex]

27. Here we see the difference between Democrats & Repugs

Disgusted by this asshole's disgusting behavior, we want him roundly defeated with no hope of any future political career.

Republicans, faced with a similar candidate, would laud him as a champion and would vote for him in great numbers.

[Orrex]

28. Don't be surprised if Fuckface invites him to speak at the Repug convention

[hadEnuf]

29. Sounds like a stealth GOP plant.

[Jedi Guy]

33. Or he's a horrible person who happens to be a Democrat.

Just because someone is a Democrat doesn't automatically make them a good person.

[hadEnuf]

43. Of course being a Democrat doesn't automatically make someone a good person.

But I'm also aware that there is no low too low for the GOP.

[LanternWaste]

48. Is anyone at all arguing that being a Democrat automatically makes someone a good person?

Anyone at all?

Or are you simply throwing out platitudes to advertise some deep meaning only you're aware of?

[Jedi Guy]

49. Ah, there you are, my old friend. So good to see you, as always.

It's reassuring to know that, even though we live in such uncertain times, I can rely on you. It just warms the cockles of my heart. Perhaps even the sub-cockle region. Maybe in the liver. Maybe in the kidneys...

[EllieBC]

52. I don't know if anyone else caught your reference

but I’m just seeing this thread now and am rolling.

Maybe in the colon.

[Jedi Guy]

53. You, madame, are awesome. I'm glad you got a giggle out of it. :) N/T

[RhodeIslandOne]

57. The "no true Scotsman" defense was essentially floated

It simply HAD to be a plant.

[JI7]

51. He mostly attacks Democrats .

[LeftInTX]

31. OMG!! This is a safe seat!!

You would think a quality opponent would have clinched this

He will have no opponent in November. This is really a shame. I thought maybe this was a seat that only fringe candidates run in because it's a vanity candidacy. No the seat is not even competitive. What's the matter Kansas Dems?

[Withywindle]

35. The girl was only 13 at the time

Those photos are child porn. It's a felony to even have them.

I don't know about the ethics of jailing someone who has just a kid himself, but considering he blackmailed her and it was non-consensual, he definitely should have faced some serious consequences and should NOT be getting elected to public office. This is disgraceful.

[marble falls]

36. They have odd standards for acceptable behavior. How wasn't he arrested or sued?

[chowder66]

38. He may have been 14 years old (going on 15) when he blackmailed the girl.

If he was 14 and sent to juvenile detention or had arrest records they can be sealed or expunged in Kansas.

[iluvtennis]

37. ugh.

[Luciferous]

40. Hopefully the write-in candidate can beat him

[SergeStorms]

41. He's going to be a republican star someday.

Democrats don't want him, at least outside his House district. The republicans will welcome you with open arms son. Now go away.

[Gore1FL]

44. This is where "blue no matter who" takes a necessary re-evaluation

Values really are a thing.

[Omaha Steve]

46. Kick

[demmiblue]

47. Thank you for the unlock... incel arseholes need to be called out!

[DFW]

50. What a way to drive a point home

To primary an incumbent Democratic incumbent just because they are incumbent and just because you can, does not automatically mean it's the right thing to do, or that the challenger is automatically deserving of support.

[dansolo]

56. This guy is a Bernie supporter

Let's not gloss over his true intentions. He claims to be a progressive, but he clearly isn't. But other progressives will just ignore his background if he claims he is in favor of M4A. I find it funny that they say we shouldn't trust Republicans who are supporting Joe Biden, but then they are more than willing to support misogynistic assholes like this just because they are Bernie supporters.

[RhodeIslandOne]

58. I feel a little sorry for 19 year olds

They don't remember a time when politicians got embarrassed and dropped out of races for being complete shitbags. Hell, or even for a little plagiarism.

[muriel_volestrangler]

59. Kansas Candidate who Admitted to Blackmail Drops out

A 19-year-old Kansas House candidate who had been disowned by some Democrats for his incendiary social media posts and because he abused girls online when he was 14 says he’s dropping out of the race.

Aaron Coleman said on Twitter Sunday that he’s abandoning his campaign. Earlier this month, he narrowly defeated veteran Rep. Stan Frownfelter in the Democratic primary in their Kansas City, Kansas district. Heather Scanlon, chief of staff to House Minority Leader Tom Sawyer of Wichita, said there was a “sense of relief” that Coleman was ending his campaign.

Local Democratic party officials will choose Coleman’s replacement.

https://www.kfdi.com/2020/08/24/kansas-candidate-who-admitted-to-blackmail-drops-out/