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It’s one thing when a politician pretends to stand for public safety. It’s a whole other level of insanity when that person was convicted of terrible crimes involving children, to then advocate for public safety near a school.

Rene Campos is a registered sex offender. In 2018, he was arrested and charged with possession of child sexual abuse material. He is also running for the Fresno City Council. He thinks his past bizarrely gives him an advantage, which it doesn't. Nonetheless, he chose to hold a news conference across from a school, and the community is now rightfully outraged.

According to Fox 26:

A registered sex offender running for a Fresno City Council seat has stirred up more controversy by holding a news conference across from a school.

Campos came under fire from city leaders after they learned the candidate was a registered sex offender.

“It has come to my attention and even hit national news that we have a registered sex offender that is currently running for Fresno City Council," said Councilwoman Annalisa Perea. "While I respect anybody's ability to serve our community, I find this quite disturbing.”

The City Council is now looking to make it illegal for a convicted sex offender to run for office. However, this only caused him to double down on his candidacy by holding a news conference to address the controversies, while creating more controversy by doing it near a SCHOOL.

While he claims the location was chosen because it was near the Catholic church, school officials and members of the community were still deeply concerned.

When a reporter asked him if holding the press conference near the school would be against the law, he clarified that it would be if it were during school hours.

While I am no legal expert, this is very alarming. He knew the level of outrage that would occur by picking that location. So it begs the question: Why did he still do it?

"The equal protection clause does not apply to only the popular," said Campos. "And the right to seek public office does not depend on whether those in power approve of you. When government officials publicly discuss how to block a single candidate from appearing before voters, that's not policy debate. This is institutional overreach. The Constitution does not grant the government the authority to pre-select who is worthy of democracy. Voters decide, not councils, not rhetoric, not fear."

Most voters don’t want sex offenders running for office, so the fact that he wants to pretend that implementing a law to bar him from running is tyrannical over-reach is deeply deranged. The council members were elected to represent the people, and I doubt many individuals would have a problem with this proposed law. Why he thinks he has a shot with a past like that is both arrogant and pathetic. Some crimes just can’t be forgiven. This is one of those crimes. The sooner he realizes that, the better off everyone will be. Until then, the people must and should continue shaming this disgusting lunatic into oblivion.

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