Broward lawmaker accuses fellow state representative of ‘offensive verbal assaults’

Miami Herald ^

[ameribbean expat]

In open letters addressed to House Speaker José Oliva, R-Miami Lakes, and House Democratic Caucus members, Rep. Anika Omphroy, D-Lauderdale Lakes, accused fellow Democrat Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith of Orlando of bullying her in the presence of several others at the event Saturday and said she still feared retaliation from the progressive lawmaker and his social media followers.

“There still looms the serious possibility of retaliation and attacks on my person, creditability, and/or my ability to effectively legislate,” she said.

Smith disputed her account, saying “the details in her letter are simply false and did not occur.”

[ameribbean expat]

Dem on Dem violence...runs to Republican for protection...but hasn't filed a formal complaint (cursive writing apparently required).

[Chode]

[OrangeHoof]

...a woman of color... Meaning the offense-o-meter was already thisclose to "triggered" when Carlos apparently got too close and suggested something that made her uncomfortable. When Grievance Groups Collide...next on Oprah.

[csvset]

Anna V Eskamani

Anika Omphroy and Carlos Smith

An Iranian woman, a black woman and a gay Latino, walk jnto a bar...

[SunkenCiv]

from a different online source, via web search:

State Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, an Orlando Democrat, accepted an onstage engagement proposal from longtime partner Jerick Mediavilla...

[ameribbean expat]

But she’s concerned about her “creditability” ...apparently far less concerned about her command of American English.