After Becker's post, his re-election campaign raised more than $500 in online donations. Becker was re-elected in 2018 to represent Bismarck's District 7.

House Majority Leader Chet Pollert, R-Carrington, said Becker's post doesn't align with Republican values, but he has freedom of speech.

"Rick Becker exercised his freedom of speech. That is up to him. I didn't agree with it, but that's up to him," Pollert said Monday.

The North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party condemned Becker's "repulsive" post Monday.

“Representative Becker’s Facebook post is offensive to victims of sexual assault and violence and beneath the office he holds," Dem-NPL chair Warren Larson said in a statement.

"His refusal to apologize and the fact that he is fundraising off this controversy shows his indifference to the pain sexual assault victims face every day.”

Becker said the photo doesn't necessarily indicate prison rape: "We don't know if it's a prison. It's a communal shower. People see something and they see what they want to see."