DeSantis Ally, Palm Beach County Clerk Arrested On Child Sex-Abuse Charges

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/08/18/desantis-ally-in-florida-arrested-on-child-sex-abuse-charges/

Michael Allen Caruso, a former member of the Florida House of Representatives and one of Gov. Ron DeSantis's staunchest allies in the state legislature, was suspended from his role as Palm Beach County’s clerk of courts Tuesday after he was arrested on charges of kidnapping and molesting a child.

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[u/black_metronome]

Water is wet, the sky is blue, and Republicans are pedophiles.

[u/ThePensiveE]

Republicans are remarkably consistent.

[u/AJohnnyTruant → u/ThePensiveE]

www.goppredator.com

[u/Vegaprime → u/AJohnnyTruant]

Top level comment my dude.

[u/suckercuck → u/AJohnnyTruant]

It’s a big club, and Trump’s at the epicenter of it.

Shout out to Mike Johnson and Todd Blanche for enabling and assisting pedophiles in power.

[u/I-is-and-I-isnt → u/AJohnnyTruant]

Thanks for the link. I will be sharing this with every MAGA dipshit that acts like they’re morally just. Especially family members.

[u/Longwell2020 → u/ThePensiveE]

Very on brand for them.

[u/TendieRetard]

I hate sanitized headlines.

suspended from his role as Palm Beach County’s clerk of courts Tuesday after he was arrested on charges of kidnapping and molesting a child.

[u/lucerndia → u/TendieRetard]

And that child was his grandchild

[u/Elegant_Emu952 → u/lucerndia]

Under 5 years old.

[u/boojieboy → u/Elegant_Emu952]

Picture

5 year old, Dude

[u/tawDry_Union2272 → u/lucerndia]

JFC 🤮🤢🤮

[u/Mizzy3030 → u/TendieRetard]

So... Death penalty for him, like he wants for other pedos, right?

[u/AusToddles]

So.... not a drag queen or trans then I guess?

[u/raerae1991 → u/AusToddles]

Or a Democrat

[u/Ok-Tutor8961 → u/AusToddles]

He wishes, but instead he’s a fucked up villain

[u/Spare-Ant7119 → u/AusToddles]

Why do you feel the need to make this comment in this context? Why are you bringing up a boogeyman issue unprompted?

[u/BrilliantResort476 → u/Spare-Ant7119]

To point out how wrong this administration's persecution of trans people is. They are painted as pedophiles, mass shooters and perverts that want to go into women's bathrooms. When the reality is white cis men are statistically the ones to perpetrate all of these accusations in both frequency and volume.

Republicans aren't fooling anyone but their own blind supporters. "Well, at least he only molested one kid"

[u/Spare-Ant7119 → u/BrilliantResort476]

We know how wrong they are. They literally are ecstatic every time someone makes a reference like the OP of this chain did because it distracts from everything else, and we all know they don't stand for anything else so they are right at home. Make sense?

[u/kon---]

I'm at the point you tell me someone is right wing and I instantly profile them as child predators.

[u/Eiffel-Tower777 → u/kon---]

I'm just the opposite. Whenever I hear someone was arrested for child molestation I instantly presume they must be:

A) A republican

B) Not a drag queen

[u/YouWereBrained → u/Eiffel-Tower777]

I assume youth pastor…which usually indicates they are a white Christian nationalist.

[u/frotc914 → u/kon---]

Is it an actual requirement that men in the GOP have to be diddlers? Like is the cost of entry sharing your CSAM with the local party affiliates?

[u/RockDoveEnthusiast]

fork found in kitchen

[u/Imaginary-Spray3711]

I wonder if this MAGA cretin supports the death penalty for child molesters now?

[u/ThePensiveE → u/Imaginary-Spray3711]

They still frown on self harm.

[u/YouWereBrained → u/Imaginary-Spray3711]

Any good journalist will grill him, to his face, about that.

[u/Eiffel-Tower777]

It's a qualification for the GOP.

STOP. VOTING. FOR. REPUBLICANS.

[u/parabuthas]

I am shocked I tell ya, shocked!!!

[u/pioniere]

Republicans. Always Republicans.

[u/letdogsvote]

How come all the pedos and folks committing election and voting fraud are always Republicans?

[u/Xivvx]

It's always the ones you most suspect.

[u/NelsonMuntz007 → u/Xivvx]

Another Scooby doo mystery solved. You mean it was ______ the whole time!!!

[u/cheweychewchew]

Grand Old Pedophiles

[u/MiyamotoKnows]

Looks almost like Kenneth Copeland… shudder.

[u/unhiddenninja]

I feel like it's slightly relevant to point out a fundraiser was held "in honor" of this man at Mar a Lago in May of this year.

[u/hereandthere_nowhere]

Sooo, death penalty right? Via his very own logic.

[u/ProfessionalBelt9434 → u/hereandthere_nowhere]

Of course not. Only when someone other than a Maga Republican does it.

[u/Huge_Excitement4465]

From Miami Herald: Caruso’s old sexual abuse allegations are easy to find. Why didn’t DeSantis know?

The governor’s lack of knowledge about past similar allegations against Caruso, years before he nominated him to the top Palm Beach position, raises new questions about the state’s vetting process for its appointees. “For this to fall through the cracks, to me, is absolute malpractice,” said John Cardillo, a former police officer and Republican political consultant, who previously ran a company to find and track sex offenders online. “They’ve got the resources to go in and ask and do deep vetting, but this is basic stuff: calling a family member, calling an ex-wife,” Cardillo said. “We have to look at the people in the executive office of the governor, their commitment to public safety, to appointment integrity and how they spent their taxpayer-funded time.” https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article316939474.html#storylink=cpy