Posted on 11/29/2017 4:49:59 PM PST by nickcarraway
A North Texas woman says Rep. Joe Barton sent her inappropriate Facebook messages, including at least one exchange in which the congressman asked things like if she was wearing panties. The revelation comes a week after Barton apologized for a nude photo of him that circulated on social media.
Kelly Canon, an Arlington tea party organizer, said she and Barton have exchanged many Facebook messages.
"We would chat about 97 percent politics, and one percent A&M. The other percent he would ask what I was wearing. I though that was inappropriate, so I would shut it down," Canon said.
In one message exchange, Barton asked after midnight in June 2012 whether Canon was "wearing a tank top only ... and no panties."
Canon says she never completely shut down the communication, because she is politically active and wanted an open line of communication with her congressman. But she joined a group of other women at a meeting this week to encourage Barton not to run again after the nude photo that he sent to a woman appeared online.
Canon said she felt Barton's apology for the photo didn't go far enough, and she decided to make her own messages public.
"This is an effort not only to get him not to run again, but to get other people — but to get other women — to come forward, too," Canon said.
NBC 5 reached out to Barton's offices in both Ennis and Washington, and we have not received a response late Wednesday.
The Ellis County Republican Party released a statement about Barton, saying, "His lifestyle is inconsistent with Republican ideals, and he has brought disgrace not only to Ellis County and the 6th Congressional District, but also to the people of Texas and this great nation."
In the statement, they did not directly call for his resignation.
No pictures .... PLEASE!!
So how many women did she put at risk because she wanted to advance her own political agenda?
Some of his defenders have asked what laws has he broken? That I don’t know. But I do know that he lacks the integrity and judgement I would require before getting my vote. Throw the clown out.
“We would chat about 97 percent politics, and one percent A&M””
Are we supposed to know what A&M is????
I would hope that if any of these pervy congressmen run for reelection their campaign yard signs get tagged with a non removable “PERVERT” sticker.
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Yep. Aggies.
My, another example of us not leaving the party, instead, the party left us, eh?
Mind staggering stupidity.
Does Congress have a higher percentage of these perverts than the average population? It surely seems so.
>>>Are we supposed to know what A&M is????
She’s in Texas, so I assume A&M refers to the university in College Station.
Texas A&M football.
This is getting freakin ridiculous. Everything that goes on between two consenting adults is not necessarily improper or harassment. While I have never sent women pictures of certain parts of my body I guarantee you there are text messages and emails I would not want published; correspondence that was between two consenting adults. The disgusting picture was published without his permission, and apparently he dated this woman. Some of these women need to grow up and learn how to handle themselves. I would like to see her responses to his comments.
Here ya go. Canon tried to shut Barton down.
Guilty
This has the stink of a shakedown gone awry.
Consenting adults as I understand - sue/prosecute for revenge porn.
Hang in there, Joe!
Worst parts over, buddy..
LOL. That was my first thought too.
OK, I was wrong — thought this was a different story, not a shake down, kind of gross— well, really gross.
Certainly not the end of the world though.
Are we supposed to know what A&M is????
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I’m afraid to google it!
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