Posted on 11/14/2017 10:50:14 AM PST by SeekAndFind
A Republican congresswoman said Tuesday she was told recently by a trusted source that a member of Congress exposed himself to a staffer.
Rep. Barbara Comstock, R-Va., said at a House hearing on preventing sexual harassment on Capitol Hill that she was told about a staffer who quit her job after a lawmaker asked her to bring work material to his house, then exposed himself.
"That kind of situation, what are we doing here for women, right now, who are dealing with someone like that?" Comstock asked.
Stories of sexual harassment and gender hostility are continuing to come to light in various industries, including entertainment and politics.
Comstock did not name the lawmaker nor the staffer. At the same hearing, Rep. Jackie Speier said there are two current lawmakers who have been involved in sexual harassment.
"In fact there are two members of Congress, Republican and Democrat, who serve right now who have been subject to review, or not been subject to review, that have engaged in sexual harassment," said Speier.
The Democrat from California recently introduced legislation to make sexual harassment training mandatory for members of Congress after sharing her own story of being assaulted by a male chief of staff. Her bill also includes a survey of the current situation in Congress and an overhaul of the processes by which members and staffers file harassment complaints.
The bill has gained bipartisan support. Committee chairman Gregg Harper, R-Miss., said in his opening remarks, "I believe we need mandatory training, and probably everyone here would agree."
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What a funny way for our government to unravel. Seriously. We’ve become the “anything goes, sexually” culture, but good old fashioned he’ing and she’ing is supposed to suddenly be a litmus test to destroy politicians.
You gotta admit, it’s kinda funny.
JFK and Marilyn Monroe must be getting a good chuckle out of this.
Congress needs a mass exorcism, followed by mandatory drug testing.
So now, we’re getting fed third hand hearsay.
As Joe McCarthy was once asked, “At long last, have you no decency?”
The Salem witch trials have come around again.
I believe this is all about putting a woman in the White House in 2020, specifically Kamala Harris.
Drug testing should be first.
Fake outrage would be hilarious if it wasn’t taken so seriously.
...and some laughed at V.P. Pence when he said he didn’t go anywhere without his wife...
Concentrate only on the accused, not 100%.
These guys are now getting the screws put to them the way they put them to the rest of us thirty years ago.
Hoisted by their own petard!
LOL! Good luck with that!
Rep. Barbara Comstock, R-Va., said at a House hearing on preventing sexual harassment on Capitol Hill that she was told about a staffer who quit her job after a lawmaker asked her to bring work material to his house, then exposed himself.
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In all the millions of claims that are coming out of DC and Hollywood - you would think that once - just once - a woman would report this right away.
Or maybe if a woman was assaulted as often as they claim - then why not have even one out of a hundred handle it.
Shoot the bastard. Hire some mug named Vinnie or Beto to cut his balls off. Do something.
Anything besides come forward years and years later.
bttt!
Paul Ryan?
By the Roy Moore Standard, all members of congress must resign. Since all are potentially implicated by “he said, she said” evidence they are obviously unfit to hold office - convicted by their own denunciations of Moore.
That was Joseph N. Welch.
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