Looked rather lame to be honest.
Posted on 03/13/2018 6:57:13 AM PDT by simpson96
DES MOINES, Iowa -- The top leader in the Iowa Senate resigned Monday after a website published video and photos allegedly showing the married lawmaker kissing a statehouse lobbyist. Senate Majority Leader Bill Dix's resignation from his leadership post and as a state senator was effective 2 p.m. Monday, according to a press release from Senate President Jack Whitver.
Whitver added in a statement: "I believe he made the right decision for himself and for his district, but most importantly, I believe he made the decision in the best interest of his family."
Republicans in the GOP-controlled chamber plan to elect a new majority leader on Wednesday.
The incident caps a swift response from Republicans in the Senate after the liberal website Iowa Starting Line published video and photos showing Dix and a woman together at a Des Moines bar. The video shows the two kiss. The website said the incident was recorded March 1.
The woman was identified as a statehouse lobbyist for Iowa League of Cities, an organization that seeks to sway legislation at the state Capitol. The woman did not respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press.
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Are we sure that’s not Hitlery? It kind of looks like her.
This seems to have been a set up, FOR SURE. On the other hand, if Dix was falling for it (no pun intended), then he probably deserves to be out.
He should have been a Democrat. He could have kept his job
Bill Dix? You can’t make this stuff up folks.
Looked rather lame to be honest.
Republicans are such hypocrites! Family values!!!! Spit! Today we are fighting for our lives in Pennsylvania because a family values guy begged his slut to have an abortion. We are losing so many seats because republicans can’t control themselves .
“If he was a democrat he would have gotten a promotion”
Only if the lobbyist was a dude
Well he’s not fighting so it was probably legit.
Al Franken disagrees with your statement.
1. Is she, the lobbyist, a Democrat? 2. Did she plan on someone making the video or taking the photos?
“We are losing so many seats because republicans can’t control themselves .”
I couldn’t agree more. I have even less respect for so-called “family values conservatives” who engage in that kind of garbage than I do for libs, from whom I expect it.
He may have a claim for sexual harassment.
#Hetoo.
LOL! From the article:
"This footage would suggest to me that the sexual harassment training was not effective, at least not for Mr. Dix," Katie Ervin Carlson, a local attorney, told Iowa Starting Line. "As long as men in power can continue to abuse their power without consequences, this problem will not be fixed."
It’s possible that the videographer did all that, but it’s also possible that the videographer just happened to be in the bar and saw how cozy the two were being and thought it would be worth capturing for posterity. In either case, don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.
Franken agreed to resign so he could have kept his job. He just got caught up in the moment.
It’s called a smartphone. It can be used for video capture. Odds are there were at least 20 of those in that bar.
Pix of Dix kisser?
And he just HAPPENED to be prepared as she went in to kiss him.
Point is, people like that Senate Leader should be smart enough to know that with smartphones, they could be taped anywhere they go in public. He wasn’t.
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