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Dem to resign after ethics report linked to charges against husband ( Massachusetts )
Fox News ^ | 5/4/2018

Posted on 05/04/2018 5:58:19 AM PDT by george76

State Sen. Stanley Rosenberg, for decades one of the most powerful Democrats in Massachusetts, announced Thursday that he will resign Friday after 31 years as a lawmaker because of a scandal involving his estranged husband.

His decision follows Wednesday’s release of an ethics report that states Rosenberg “failed to protect the Senate” from his estranged husband, who faces charges of racially and sexually harassing Senate employees.

Rosenberg, 68, of Amherst, a former president of the Massachusetts Senate, was the first openly gay lawmaker to lead a legislative chamber in the Bay State, Boston’s Fox 25 reported.

He stepped down as president in December, after the Boston Globe reported in November that four men alleged that Rosenberg’s husband, Byron Hefner, had sexually assaulted and harassed them, and boasted of his influence in the Senate.

Hefner was indicted in March.

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Following the release of the ethics report, both Republican Gov. Charlie Baker and Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey called for Rosenberg to resign

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Rosenberg "knew or should have known Hefner had racially and sexually harassed Senate employees" and failed to address the issue adequately

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: byronhefner; cultureofcorruption; democrats; democratscandals; homosexualagenda; massachusetts; metoo; rape; sexualassault; stanleyrosenberg
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1 posted on 05/04/2018 5:58:20 AM PDT by george76
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What a freak show.


2 posted on 05/04/2018 5:59:29 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (My "White Privilege" is my work ethic.)
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To: george76

“his estranged husband.”

That is all you need to know about this story.


3 posted on 05/04/2018 6:00:05 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: headstamp 2

And they want to rule the world ... and be free to prey upon children for their perversions.


4 posted on 05/04/2018 6:03:26 AM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: george76

Now, if only something could be found on Michael Madigan, who's been running the state of Illinois from the Illinois House for 47 years. Please ?!?!?!
5 posted on 05/04/2018 6:05:01 AM PDT by BlessedBeGod (To restore all things in Christ~~Appeasing evil is cowardice~~Francis is temporary. Hell is forever.)
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To: Parley Baer

If you feel like a bout of nausea, though, take a look at his photo. And what’s even more bizarre is that his “husband” - who is about 30 years younger than he is - looks like early pics of Obama.


6 posted on 05/04/2018 6:05:48 AM PDT by livius
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To: george76

Wait a minute. I thought that it was impossible for gay people to racially or sexually harass people. By definition, only straight, white, Christian men can do so.


7 posted on 05/04/2018 6:06:43 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: raccoonradio

Ping ! I’m sure Howie will be ALL over this.


8 posted on 05/04/2018 6:08:19 AM PDT by onona (Hope, Faith, Love)
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Imagine degenerate scum among elected representatives and a ‘rat to boot. Go figure.

Stanley steamer on his head BUMP!


9 posted on 05/04/2018 6:20:12 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: george76

Decadent and Democratic Massachusetts. The Kennedy legacy lives on.


10 posted on 05/04/2018 6:22:06 AM PDT by allendale (.)
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To: george76

When your sexual ethics are in the pot, everything else goes with it.


11 posted on 05/04/2018 6:22:50 AM PDT by fwdude (History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
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To: george76

“Husband?” Misleading headline.


12 posted on 05/04/2018 6:25:50 AM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning)
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To: Parley Baer

Yep, stopped reading right after that.


13 posted on 05/04/2018 6:26:18 AM PDT by Obadiah
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To: MHGinTN

There’s a reason they were kept in the closet for most of the history of civilization.

Democrats want to mainstream them for their own evil purposes.


14 posted on 05/04/2018 6:29:14 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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was the first openly gay lawmaker to lead a legislative chamber in the Bay State

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Has there been a 2nd, 3rd, etc?


15 posted on 05/04/2018 6:29:18 AM PDT by deport
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To: onona; All

Yes he is.
It says in article Rosenberg has been powerful for decades; well, he’s been in office since the 80s but became Senate Pres. a few years ago. The first openly gay MA State Senate prez said when getting the post he would put a firewall between his public and private lives.

Then he shares his email password with hubby.They share texts and emails and at one point Stanley opens up an email from hubby and sees a naked photo of a stranger. He quickly has to hide his phone
so others don’t see it! Bryon tells clients he can help them because he’s married to the Senate prez so hey, let’s have sex in the bathroom shall we? And so on. Bryon and Stan seem like gay versions of the always horny Glenn Quagmire on Family Guy. Giggity giggity goo!


16 posted on 05/04/2018 6:31:41 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: george76

Rosenberg is a pervert swimming in a sea of perversion.


17 posted on 05/04/2018 6:32:56 AM PDT by lakecumberlandvet (Appeasement never works.)
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To: raccoonradio

MA politics: Sodom And Begorrah


18 posted on 05/04/2018 6:33:00 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: george76

These fudge-packers are truly deviant perverts.


19 posted on 05/04/2018 6:45:32 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: headstamp 2

Typical.


20 posted on 05/04/2018 6:53:47 AM PDT by carmen2017
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