California Dems run ads against GOP on sex trafficking bill after blocking penalties for teen solicitation

A series of Facebook ads funded by the California Democratic Party is claiming that Republicans are against stronger laws to protect 16- and 17-year-old sex trafficking victims amid a legislative fight over a minor solicitation bill in which Democrats successfully forced the exclusion of harsher penalties for the purchase or solicitation of older teens. 

The ads began appearing on social media after a vote in the California Assembly last week when Democrat leaders refused to move forward with AB 379, which would have made it an automatic felony to purchase or solicit 16- and 17-year-olds for sex. 

Featured in each ad is the name and image of a state Republican lawmaker who "voted against stronger laws protecting" older teens from sex trafficking, accusing them of protecting their "political party, not our kids."

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