Posted on 03/23/2022 1:09:21 PM PDT by george76
A House Democrat has just been left with his chances of re-election in tatters after his wife got revenge by very publically exposing his “sordid” extramarital affair.
Dr. Sonya Douglass broke her silence about her husband Rep. Steven Horsford’s (D-NV) affair because she is not happy he is running for re-election.
Douglass accused her congressman husband of forcing his family to “endure yet another season of living through the sordid details.”
The Nevada Democrat was 36 at the time he started an affair with 21-year-old Senate intern Gabriela Linder.
Horsford admitted the relationship to his wife after Linder spilled the beans on her podcast “Mistress for Congress.”
Dr. Sonya Douglass wrote: “If you’re silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.” -Zora Neale Hurston #WHM.
“Until now, I thought being silent was a source of strength.
“I have remained silent for nearly two years and want it to be clear that I am not enjoying the pain that my children and I continue to suffer since @StevenHorsford told me the day after Mother’s Day about his 10-year affair AFTER already speaking to his staff and attorneys.
“And that he would choose to file for re-election and force us to endure yet another season of living through the sordid details of the #horsfordaffair with #mistressforcongress rather than granting us the time and space to heal as a family.
“This election cycle, I will not be silent.
...
“And since @StevenHorsford refused to do it, I am putting all reporters, journalists, bloggers, and others who choose to include my name and/or images of me and my children in any future stories about the #horsfordaffair on notice.
“We did not ask to be put in public life and were simply supporting @StevenHorsford because that’s what we understood family to be and do.
“We just want to heal and live the amazing lives we’ve been destined to live, free of lies, manipulation, and unbridled ambition.”
If she had kept her mouth shut, 99.99% would never had known about the affair.
“A House Democrat has just been left with his chances of re-election in tatters....”
That’s laughable. If Horsford runs again, which he is doing at least for now, he will win. Revelations (or even just allegations) of less-than-moral behavior only work to derail Republicans, not Democrats.
What a pair ,LOL
Chubby chaser.
He’s my congresscritter, and everyone Knew about it along time ago, but he got re-elected anyway because it’s Nevada.
So when does his campaign for the Democrat presidential nomination begin?
Don’t Democrats get a cash award and Medal of Freedom for having affairs?
If we are lucky, more sleazy Dem congressman’s wives will come out with such revelations just before the elections in November, since almost all Dem congressmen cheat on their wives.
One wonders what her payout will be under Congress multi-million-dollar slush/hush ratchet fund.
he’ll win easily - they did redistricting to protect this dude
the real battleground is the new 1st district w/that bizzo Titus
Yes, but how many people listen to this gal’s podcasts?
Apparently the mistress has been spilling the beans via a weekly podcast.
Rep. Steven Horsford Admits to Longtime Affair With Former Intern Gabriela Linder
Heavy.com/News/Congress
Congressman Steven Horsford, a representative of Nevada‘s 4th congressional district, admitted to having a longstanding affair with Gabriela Linder, whom he met while she was an intern for Senator Harry Reid. Linder revealed The Las Vegas Review-Journal on Friday night that she’s “Love Jones,” a pseudonym she picked in her podcast, “Mistress for Congress,” in which she detailed the affair publicly.
Linder described her podcast as “an audio memoir told week by week, of a young woman’s affair with a sitting Congressman, that began in 2009 and would span over a decade. Update – April 29, 2020: The identity of the Congressman revealed to be Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nevada) via Twitter @M4C_2020.” There are four podcast episodes posted, with a fifth installation of “Mistress for Congress” set to premiere on Sunday.
Linder told Review-Journal that her affair with the democratic congressman started in 2009 when he was the majority leader of the Nevada state Senate. After meeting at an event, they shared an intimate relationship between 2009 to 2010, and then again from 2017 until September 2019.
Horsford confirmed the news of the affair on May 15. He told the outlet, “It is true that I had a previous relationship outside of my marriage, over the course of several years. I’m deeply sorry to all of those who have been impacted by this very poor decision, most importantly my wife and family. Out of concern for my family during this challenging time, I ask that our privacy is respected.”
Horsford, 47, married to wife Dr. Sonya Douglass Horsford since 2000, first served as Nevada’s 4th District’s representative from 2013 to 2014. After Representative Ruben Kihuen stepped down, Horsford ran again in 2018 against Republican candidate Cresent Hardy and won.
Here’s what you need to know about Horsford’s affair with Linder:
1. Linder Revealed the Affair As ‘An Empowering Journey’ & Believes Horsford Should End His Bid for Re-Election
Linder told the Review-Journal, “If this was a story in 2018, he wouldn’t have run. He obtained this position under false pretenses that he was a family man and man of God. He should take a step back, atone, and if people are satisfied, then he can come back into politics.”
Linder asked Horsford to appear on her podcast but on May 9, under her “Love Jones” Twitter handle, tweeted his alleged response. She wrote, “In response to the request from my production team to come on the show, @RepHorsford emailed me directly advising he retained Howard Schiffman with Schulte Roth & Zabel and to contact him directly to ‘resolve this matter’ and that ‘failing to resolve this is going to be damaging to everyone.'”
Linder was 21 when she first started having an affair with Horsford, who was 36 at the time. She said, “He knew how in love with him I was, and he knew what he could do and get away with. He knows I would support him. He never told me to keep quiet. He didn’t have to. He knew I was loyal to a fault.”
2. Horsford Appeared On Linder’s Son’s YouTube Show On April 1
While Horsford and Linder were no longer sharing a sexual relationship, the two remained in touch. Linder, who works in personal injury law according to her LinkedIn profile, shared text messages on Twitter between her and the congressman after Horsford agreed to appear on her son Pax Liam’s YouTube show on April 1.
On her “Mistress of Congress” podcast, Linder clarified that Horsford is not the father of her Pax. She says that he was born from a relationship she had while a law student at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota. During this time, she and Horsford were not hooking up.
3. Horsford Denied He Ever Gave Linder Financial Assistance
Linder never worked for Horsford, but on episode 3 of “Mistress of Congress,” she said that he “looked out for over the years, from anything from a job recommendation to financial support.”
However, Horsford’s aide told the Journal-Review that he never gave Linder money. “This was a private relationship of the congressman’s and this was in no way related to his public office,” the aide said. Linder “never received any compensation from the congressman or from the campaign over the course of their private relationship.”
4. Horsford Is A Father to One Daughter & Two Sons
Horsford has spent the past few months amid the coronavirus pandemic with his family, including his wife Sonya, and their three children, Bryson, Benjamin, and Ella, in Nevada.
The Las Vegas native shared a family photo on April 12 from his official Facebook page with the caption, “From my family to yours, we hope you have a wonderful Easter weekend and are healthy & well. These are trying times for Nevada and our country, but I know that we will get through this together. Until then, please stay home for Nevada, and thank you for your continued support.”
5. Horsford’s Wife Sonya Is a Professor, Published Author & Activist
Dr. Sonya Douglass Horsford works as an Associate Professor of Education Leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she serves as Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Urban and Minority Education and Co-Director of the Urban Education Leaders Program, according to her website.
Like her husband, Sonya is deeply passionate about politics and activism. She’s the founding director of the Black Education Research Collective, which helps connect Black studies with public policy in underserved communities. Sonya has also published two books: Learning in a Burning House: Educational Inequality, Ideology, and (Dis)Integration in 2011, and The Politics of Education Policy in an Era of Inequality: Possibilities for Democratic Schooling in 2018.
Sonya has not yet made a public statement following her husband’s admitted affair.
The mistress interned with Dirty Harry -- how much you want to bet that's where they met?
Is that the the wife or the ho?
Deep State likely knew all about it.
too happy not to be the ho.
A Black Democrat doing something morally reprehensible, I’m shocked I tell ya.
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