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  I laughed so hard at that line. Like, was he punching him in the nuts or...
context: Matt Schlapp, one of the nation’s most prominent conservative leaders and a top ally of former President Donald Trump, is being accused of sexually groping a male aide on Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker’s campaign in October.
  "He reached in between my legs and fondled me," the former Walker staffer told NBC News in a telephone interview Thursday night. "To my shame, I didn’t say anything" to stop Schlapp. NBC News is withholding the staffer’s name at his request because he fears the allegations against a powerful Republican could harm his own career in GOP politics.
  Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, is married to former Trump White House aide Mercedes Schlapp. His organization hosts the Conservative Political Action Conference, a crucial proving ground for Republican presidential hopefuls. >
  
  
  NBC News is withholding the staffer’s name at his request because he fears the allegations against a powerful Republican could harm his own career in GOP politics.
  
  What a moron. >
  
  Of course he still wants a GOP career…  r/leopardstouchedmydick >
  
  That sub title absolutely slaps >
  
  That sub title absolutely ~~slaps~~ schlapps. >
  
  Gottem >
  
  In between the legs? >
  
  When you're a star, they let you do it >
  
  To be honest, you have to expect this if you are getting into GOP politics. Right? >
  
  I can tell none of you here in the peanut gallery have read the article because nobody is mentioning this: "Matt Schlapp of the CPAC grabbed my junk and pummeled it at length." >
  
  That phrase added to my suspicions that this might be an exaggeration or setup.  "Pummeled" ?   
  The other thing that jumped out at me is that the leg-touching began when the men were seated close enough that Schlapp felt the staffer's concealed pistol touch him, and they had a brief discussion about it.   The staffer's story even mocks Schlapp a little for evidently not being familiar with Sig-Sauer, despite the guns-guns-guns culture that goes along with CPAC.
  Thanks for Mr. Schlapp's alleged junk-pummeling, I have also re-familiarized myself with Georgia's "Guns Everywhere" law, which allows a concealed carry permit holder to bring a pistol in to a bar unless there's a sign specifically prohibiting guns in that bar. >
  
  The part before that also was peculiar:
  
  As the two men began to drink, the staffer said, Schlapp apologized for the bar "being dead." The staffer took Schlapp to Manuel’s Tavern, a well-known haunt for Georgia politicos — particularly Democrats — about 15 minutes away. 
  
  That bit thrown in was a head-scratcher for me.  Was the superfluous note about Democrats supposed to serve as some sort of code or something?  
  Like, would mentioning "Democrat" insinuate to the reader how the bar must have "open-minded" or "inclusive" clientele?  Or was the writer attempting to portray a flowery anecdote serving as allusion/innuendo of a gay bar? >
  
  It's my understanding that Manuel's Tavern is not by reputation a gay bar, but there is ordinary overlap between the city's Democratic politicians and inclusiveness.  Nobody would be surprised to see the staff of the Georgia Voice there, wishing they could work for the AJC.
  If you're Matt Schlapp, in town campaigning for Herschel Walker, the last place you want to go is a bar full of reporters.
  This story sparks some Project Veritas / Wohl+Burkman vibes.  But the contemporaneous video, notes, phone+text info, if real, lends it more credibility.
  As though working on the Walker campaign weren't damaging enough to a young operatives career. >
  
  Man, this guy has been either at the center of or along for the ride for the entire anti-lgbtq agenda for ages.  For example, it was his decision to disinvite the Log Cabin Republicans from CPAC not so long ago.  And here he is trying to get a male staffer drunk and groping their crotch.  
  He needs to come out, stop hating himself, and hopefully find some nice man who's willing to forgive his past.  Everyone would be better for it.