Benefit of the doubt to the child.
To start with, the average height of an eight year old boy is 3’9”, and average weight is 57 pounds. Second thing is that according to the journalist, the boy is very fond of cars.
Third, that unless he has exposure to either lots of adult violence movies, or members of his family are criminally violent, the typical third grader is not going to be a thug, and it would be pretty extraordinary if he acted as one.
Now look at the congressman. He is 66 years old.
Moran has been married three times. His second wife, Mary Howard Moran, filed for divorce in 1999 after an argument at the couple’s Alexandria home which resulted in a visit by the police. So he has a prior record of violence.
This was just one year before he assaulted the child.
You won’t get any argument from me.
I’ve always had him pegged as someone who is unfit to be in Congress.
People complain about the tone in DC and the low level of discourse. How could it NOT be a problem with people like Moran in the House?