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Rep. Katie Hill to resign amid allegations of inappropriate relationships with staffers


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I think we should be talking about felony revenge porn and how nobody seems to care that right wing media is actively helping to spread it. 

 

Frankly I don't care what frenzy the conservatives are whipping up on her, there are ways to handle this short of resignation and it's naive and self defeating to hold ourselves to an impossible standard just because Republicans have none. I refuse to be hoodwinked into forgetting what real morality consists of and like it or not our leaders do get some leeway. Everybody knows this but nobody has the guts to admit it. She has the staffer reassigned and that's it.

 

The real problem is how once again someone has their private information stolen and weaponized against them and nobody cares to inspect where it came from or if it's even proper to discuss. We're all too busy quibbling over the details of what amounts to a minor and fully resolvable consent issue to see that.

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2 hours ago, Jason said:

 

I haven't had a chance to look it up to confirm but apparently the guy who released the pictures has previously worked on Knight's campaign.

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1 hour ago, Jason said:

 

I haven't had a chance to look it up to confirm but apparently the guy who released the pictures has previously worked on Knight's campaign.

 

Okay here we go, straight from her LinkedIn:

 

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And she's the byline on the original RedState story: https://www.redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2019/10/18/ca-rep.-katie-hill-allegedly-involved-female-staffer-2-yr-throuple-relationship

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41 minutes ago, thewhyteboar said:

As more millennials start to get elected, it's just going to be the same ol' same ol'. A Democrat does something embarrassing, they will resign. A Republican does something illegal, they will stick around for as long as they want.

If someone like AOC had them come out, the Pelosi's of the world would be right there with the redstate-ers called for her to resign

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I couldn’t care less about the nude photos of any politician or adult being leaked, as in, it’s not going to make me think less of them. Obviously I don’t want their privacy violated. The people leaking and spreading them should be punished. I only care if the naked person did shady stuff.  

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56 minutes ago, johnny said:

I couldn’t care less about the nude photos of any politician or adult being leaked, as in, it’s not going to make me think less of them. Obviously I don’t want their privacy violated. The people leaking and spreading them should be punished. I only care if the naked person did shady stuff.  

 

It's sounding more and more like RedState had a bunch more texts and photos of Hill and she resigned to stop the show trickle of revenge porn. That entire sentence is disgusting and I hate living in a country where I had to write that.

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Bosses shouldn't have intimate relationships with their subordinates. It's just a recipe for disaster, even if it sometimes works out OK. But I don't think it is necessarily an ethics violation, and doesn't really seem to be one in this case. It would seem that Hill is hitting the eject button primarily to limit further damage, which is a shame. 

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The photos of Katie Hill weren't 'leaked.' They were weaponized and distributed by the National Republican Congressional Committee, and in violation of the law.

 

I'm more concerned with her alleged affair with a congressional staffer, which would be against House ethics rules. And, while she doesn't owe anyone an explanation, I am curious to the meaning behind her tattoo.

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