Posted on 02/08/2019 4:31:27 PM PST by yesthatjallen
Virginia House of Delegates Member Patrick Hope (D) announced Friday he intends to introduce articles of impeachment for Justin Fairfax unless the Democratic lieutenant governor resigns by Monday following new allegations of sexual assault.
“On Monday, I will be introducing articles of impeachment for Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax if he has not resigned before then,” Hope tweeted.
Hope issued the declaration hours after a second woman came forward on Friday to publicly accuse Fairfax of sexual assault.
A lawyer for Meredith Watson released a statement saying Fairfax raped her in 2000 when they were both students at Duke University, adding that the alleged attack was “premeditated and aggressive.”
Vanessa Tyson was the first woman to accuse Fairfax of misconduct earlier this week, saying the lieutenant governor sexually assaulted her in 2004 at the Democratic National Convention in Boston.
“What began as consensual kissing quickly turned into a sexual assault,” Tyson, a college professor from California, said in a statement Wednesday. “Mr. Fairfax forced me to perform oral sex on him.”
Fairfax has denied both allegations. He issued a statement Friday claiming they were part of “a vicious and coordinated smear campaign” and vowing, “I will not resign.”
Watson’s allegations have opened the floodgate to a host of calls for the lieutenant governor’s ouster from members of his own party.
"We believe Dr. Vanessa Tyson. We found her account compelling and highly credible. The central issue at the heart of her account is consent, and there can be no better authority to decide whether it was given than Dr. Tyson herself," several Virginia Democratic lawmakers said in a statement Friday night.
"Meredith Watson's statement describes another extremely disturbing incident, which lends further credence to Dr. Tyson's story,” Virginia Democratic Reps. Don Beyer, Abigail Spanberger, Elaine Luria, Jennifer Wexton and Gerry Connolly added in the joint statement.
“Given recent developments, I believe that it is best for the Commonwealth of Virginia if Justin Fairfax dealt with these accusations as a private citizen. He can no longer serve us as the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia,” Rep. Donald McEachin (D-Va.) tweeted.
The scandal surrounding Fairfax comes as another embroils Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) and Attorney General Mark Herring (D) over their past use of blackface.
Ha ha ha ha ha
Is this the one who talks about killing Newborns?
So now there’s a clear pattern-of-abuse.
Dr. Vanessa Tyson wasn’t just a single incident.
This guy is a menace to women everywhere, why is the Democrat Party still defending him??
(obviously, the Democrat Party is no friend of Women)
It’s going to be a fun 2019...
Lt Gov Fairfax gets impeached or resigns, Dems go along with the sacrifice because then Northum appoints a new Dem-approved LT Gov, then resigns to a cushy 7-figure lobbyists job, new Lt becomes Gov.
Everyone else, including Mark Warner, skates Scott free.
Just watch...
Good that he is a fellow Democrat. Let them eat their own!
That’s going to leave a mark especially if the 2 white guys are not impeached and stay in office.
“Why? He didn’t do anything wrong.” [WJC]
[Is this the one who talks about killing Newborns?]
That would be the Democrat Governor.
This is the Democrat Lt. Governor.
What’s the bigger clown show now ...
the Democrats 2020 Primary or the Virginia Democrats’ meltdown??
“must-see TV”
(this must be killing CNN, having to report this)
Folks probably aren’t going to like this, but... innocent until proven guilty. Even democrats.
The typical dim wymmyns cannot figure out that the dim party sees them as expendable too.
Yes, its quite interesting that none of this about Lt. Gov. Fairfax came out until this week, a few days after Northam’s blackface/Klansman photo emerged. Kind of like he wanted to stay as governor and shazam, all sorts of nasty things suddenly emerged from many years ago about the guy that would replace him if he resigns.
Blacks seem very quiet. Where is Sharpton, Jackson and the usual cast of characters? Where Ophra?
Timing highly suspicious.
Give ‘em hell Fairfax. Hang on real tight.
The only explanation for this I can think of is that a broken clock is right twice a day.
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