Kristina Karamo is an extremist who continues to show why she is not fit to be Michigan’s secretary of state.
The Detroit News: Insider: Karamo once said Women’s March attendees were ‘addicted to porn’
Craig Mauger and Melissa Nann Burke
09/10/2022
Kristina Karamo, the Republican nominee to be Michigan’s next secretary of state, once alleged on her podcast that participants in the 2017 Women’s March protests were “addicted to porn.”
Karamo made the comments during a 2020 episode of her podcast “It’s Solid Food.” In the episode, Karamo cited statistics from the pornography website Pornhub that said “female traffic across the United States” dropped by 8.2% at one point during the day of the Women’s March when compared to the average Saturday.
“Think about that … Because these ladies are addicted to porn,” Karamo said.
Karamo added: “They were too busy championing to kill their children … so they can live sexually promiscuous lives so they didn’t have time to watch their porn.”
An Oak Park educator, Karamo has described abortion as “child sacrifice” and a “satanic practice,” and yoga as a “satanic ritual.”
The 2017 Women’s March was an event that drew millions of participants globally and was considered a response to the 2016 election of Republican President Donald Trump.
Karamo is challenging Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson this fall to be Michigan’s top election official. Trump has endorsed Karamo, whose past podcast remarks have repeatedly gained attention during the campaign. Karamo did not respond to a request for comment.
In response to the comments, Arik Wolk, spokesman for End Citizens United, a national political group that is backing Benson’s reelection, said Karamo is “an extremist threat to our democracy who is too obsessed with her bizarre conspiracies to do the job of secretary of state.”
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