To really get all the facts, and unravel the web of deceit and accusations, we should be asking an important question: Is there anyone out there who Ed Murray hasn't molested?

@syd and @heidi--solid work.

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well written piece

i concur with the others. this is well done.

I'm curious when folks will begin asking the Seattle Times what they knew in 2008 and why they didn't publish anything then. There's a story there.

Ed knew all the skeletons in his closet and some how, he slid by for all these years. Yet, there were reports out there for all of us to know as well, but were successfully kept under the carpet so the rest of us did not know all the creepy and illegal things he did. And, all the time he ends up being an elected official. And then Trump somehow gets elected. I'm so disappointed in the the system I just don't give a shit anymore.

Agreed with commenters above that it's outrageous that the fact he was banned from being a foster care provider in Oregon was kept quiet all these years. He should have never passed a cursory vetting process, which means no one ever looked at him, the political machine just thrust him into the spotlight because they liked his optics and didn't give a shit they were elevating a pederast to public office. I feel so sad for the victims-imagine having to watch his rise in politics while you're spending decades trying to come to terms with being raped by him. The hubris of Murray even feeling entitled to run for public office with this in his background is just staggering. I hope he ends up with no where to live but one of his homeless encampments under a bridge.

Will The Stranger ask Nikkita Oliver - who ISN'T a DemonKrap - to make a public statement about THAT?( Pfft!!!)