Posted on 08/13/2020 11:43:32 AM PDT by edwinland
There’s a continuing scandal in a U.S. House race in Massachusetts’s First Congressional District.
Will voters care?
Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse has been under fire since the College Democrats of Massachusetts produced a letter last week alleging he had sexual relations with college students and used “his position of power for romantic or sexual gain.”
Morse had also served as a political science lecturer at UMass Amherst, until the school ended the relationship this past weekend, after the Massachusetts Daily Collegian, the student daily newspaper at the school, published a story Friday, August 7 about the allegations.
The College Democrats allege that Morse, who is open about his homosexuality, matched with students on sexual hookup apps Grindr and Tinder regularly, sometimes as young as 18 years old; that he used College Democrats events to meet students; and that he had sexual contact with college students in the area–including at UMass Amherst, where he was teaching at the time.
Morse has acknowledged pursuing sexual relationships with students, but said he has never used his position as mayor or as a lecturer to enable his activities.
Morse is primarying incumbent U.S. Representative Richard Neal, the chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee. It is, “the chief tax-writing committee of the United States House of Representatives”, according to House.gov.
Holyoke first elected Morse, 31, as its mayor in 2011 when he was 22 years old. He’s an experienced politician and a progressive who supports Medicare-for-all and a Green New Deal. He’s running to the left of Neal, a more moderate liberal who is also the top corporate political action committee recipient in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Political experts tell New Boston Post that Morse has the makings of a serious primary challenger, but that this scandal may sink him.
(Excerpt) Read more at newbostonpost.com ...
If he’s a Republican, it’s over for him.
If he’s a Democrat, the story goes into the memory hole and it’s on to victory.
Like Bill Clinton, he thought it was CO-ED 19!
[[If he’s a Democrat, the story goes into the memory hole]]
And facebook, twitter, google, youtube etc will all ban/delete any posts about him, and suspend the user who posted it
He will get elected.
Isn’t it a resume enhancer for Dems?
The Intercept has an interesting article suggesting the accusations were a planned attack on Morse.
https://theintercept.com/2020/08/12/alex-morse-college-democrats-chats/
Always fun to see the Dems show just how low they can sink ... even when they are fighting each other. Pass the popcorn!
History teaches us that Democrats in Massachusetts can kill a woman and still become the "Lion of the Senate" over a long political career. So if this gay lothario was already in Congress he'd have nothing to fear. The fact that he's running to unseat a fellow Dem means he likely can't win though.
The Dems don't want Neal replaced - they've probably known about this and were waiting to spring it at the right time.
What good are power or money if they don't come with some perks? /S
Candidacy killer? *Snort* What I just read here sounds like the guy is a Democrat’s dream politician!
Why?
He’s a dem.
And if he killed someone to hide an unplanned pregnancy, then they’d elect him senator for life.
Into the memory hole?
Don’t you mean the glory hole?
*chuckle guffaw snort*
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