Kansas state Rep. Mark Samsel made national news—and caused many eyes to roll—over his outlandish behavior while on duty a substitute teacher. His behavior in class resulted in him being arrested by the local police department, and today, Rep. Samsel was officially charged with three counts of battery.
The Wellsville Republican spent his time in a classroom attacking LGBT families, his own party, and then discussing masturbation during what could only be called a very, very strange art class.
Rep. Samsel was not punished by his fellow Republican members, as he returned back to the state house after the incident in order to continue pushing the GOP agenda. After all, what says more about a party then ignoring a legislator who is arrested in a classroom, just so you can get his socially radical conservative vote?
The school district proceeded to send a letter notifying Samsel he would be barred from any event featuring a student of the school. When speaking via text to the Sunflower State Journal, Samsel questioned the entire event:
Samsel on Saturday posted a letter on Facebook that he received from the Wellsville School District notifying him that he barred from school grounds.
He is prohibited from being at the school, on school property, or attending any school-sponsored events for one year.
His response?
Samsel, a lawyer, asked whether the letter applied to state events held by the the Kansas State High Schools Activities Association.
“The letter is vague and ambiguous. And oversteps,” Samsel wrote in a text.
“Like are they trying to say I can’t even attend a KSHSAA state event if one single Wellsville kid qualifies? They need to retain a lawyer. Not just the high level stuff from KASB. They are getting bad legal advice,” he texted.
Don’t worry. Concerns for children appear to come in secondary to deciding whether or not he can attend state track, baseball, or sporting events, assuming the case doesn’t go to court before he wants to get out on the field and watch a game.
