Leaked Texts Show TN House Speaker Casada Joking About Age Of Consent

Republican Rep. Glen Casada of Franklin presents his bill to require children to be older to qualify for kindergarten during a House floor in Nashville, Tenn., on Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Democrats argued the measu... Republican Rep. Glen Casada of Franklin presents his bill to require children to be older to qualify for kindergarten during a House floor in Nashville, Tenn., on Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Democrats argued the measure would lead to layoffs of teachers and deny early education opportunities to children. The measure passed largely along party lines. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig) MORE LESS
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Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada (R) promised his caucus last week that “there’s nothing else to come out” after a heap of racist and sexist text messages ended the political career of his chief of staff, Cade Cothren.

However, per local station News Channel 5, more texts leaked Monday night showing that Cothren sent Casada a video of women dancing in his apartment.

“R they 21?” Casada asked.

“It only takes 18,” Cothren responded with a winking emoji.

“Lol!!! And true!” Casada said.

Cothren had also sent texts in conversations without Casada that captured his drug use on government property, putting the nail in his political coffin.

Casada has been trying to claw himself out of the mountain of scandal, and told reporters that “if two texts run someone out of office, then there is no one qualified.”

He called his remarks about women “locker room talk” and has insisted that he maintains the confidence of his caucus.

Read TPM’s deep dive into the scandal here.

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  1. Read TPM’s deep dive into the scandal here.

    Let’s not and say we did.

  2. He called his remarks about women “locker room talk” and has insisted that he maintains the confidence of his caucus.

    Then he proceeded to brag of grabbing women “by the pussy.”

    “They let you do that when you’re a Speaker,” Casada added, popping a handful of Tic Tacs into his mouth.

  3. Avatar for jrw jrw says:

    Where do they find these people?

  4. ahhhh…there’s that ol’ locker room talk again…when DID it become ‘fashionable’ to talk about young girls in that mythical locker room??? And who ever thought it was ‘funny’?

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