Democrat California Senator Susan Eggman erupts 'I am done with us' at rebels in her own party claiming they are protecting pedophiles because they don't want 'more black and brown men going to prison'
By Nic White For Dailymail.Com Published: 03:03 EDT, 30 May 2024 | Updated: 05:19 EDT, 30 May 2024
A Democratic lawmaker has delivered an impassioned plea to push through a bill to send pedophiles who buy sex with children to prison.
California State Senator Susan Eggman declared 'we have a moral responsibility to say, enough, enough' as she rallied the chamber to unanimous approval.
Antiquated state laws mean people who solicit underage prostitutes can only be charged with misdemeanors and only get two days in jail.
The bill SB 1414 would make it a felony punishable by two to four years in prison, a $25,000, and registration as a sex offender.
However, a group of rogue Democrats led by State Senator Scott Wiener watered down the bill in the Senate Public Safety Committee.
Eggman lashed out at the rebel lawmakers in her own party in her fiery speech on May 23 after they went against a bipartisan majority and Governor Gavin Newsom, who want the bill kept as tough as intended.
'I'd like to say as a progressive, proud member of this body for the last 12 years, I'm done,' she said.
'I'm done with us protecting people who would buy and abuse our children. I'm done.'
Wiener's rebels were concerned that the law would send too many more people to prison after warnings from legal groups about unintended consequences.
But Eggman disagreed, after many other attempts to update California's laws were stymied over the past decade.
'I don't want to send more Black and Brown men to prison. I don't want more people in prison,' she said.
'But I don't want people buying girls. I don't want people buying little girls anymore. And I'm tired of saying it's okay and that we have to protect the men who do it.'
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