July 2003 - Lynn Woolsey campaigns for women's rights, BUT when the son of one of her staffers brutally rapes a 17-yr-old and stuffs a rag--soaked in toilet bowl cleanser--down the girl's throat, Woolsey sends a letter to the judge asking for leniency for the rapist; She insisted he could "change".
Lynn Woolsey is a member and an officer of the Progressive Caucus, a communist group within Congress founded by Bernie Sanders in 1991. [Congress's Red Army] About 60 representatives in congress are members of the caucus. Until 1999,the Progressive Caucus was openly partnering with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Their toned-down mission statement can be found here: All in One (pdf) or The Progressive Promise (html).