House Speaker Nancy Pelosi mourned the resignation of Representative Katie Hill, whom she referred to as “our darling Katie,” following a sexual misconduct investigation.
Pelosi seemed distraught in a closed-door meeting with Hill.
“Our darling Katie. It’s so sad,” Pelosi said, according to multiple sources who spoke to Politico. “It goes to show you, we should say to young candidates, and to kids in kindergarten really, be careful when transmitting photos.”
Hill, in the view of some legal scholars, might be considered a predator based on the fact that her staffer’s consent would be murky at best, considering the congresswoman signed her checks.
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“Speaker Pelosi said it best: her actions made it untenable for her to continue serving,” says @alicetweet on Rep. Katie Hill’s resignation.
“She’s resigned,” adds @JillFilipovic. “Now let’s talk about what happened to her, what she was a victim of.”https://t.co/28hUIsootv pic.twitter.com/P0tU7wG846
— CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) October 28, 2019
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The Scandal
Scandalous photos of Hill were leaked allegedly by her estranged husband and prompted revelations that she had been involved in a three-way sexual relationship involving a campaign staffer.
She was also the subject of allegations of an affair with her former finance director.
Subsequently, the House Committee on Ethics announced they would be investigating the misconduct, and Hill admitted to the affair with a staffer while denying the other relationship.
She would later announce her resignation in part due to pressure from Pelosi.
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A generational divide among Democrats has emerged over what, if any, responsibility Katie Hill should assume for the firestorm that led to her resignation this week, as well as whether the same standards would be applied to a male lawmaker https://t.co/GRapTuGz6r
— POLITICO (@politico) October 31, 2019
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Pathetic Response
While it’s certainly understandable to feel some level of sympathy for Hill regarding these embarrassing photos, Pelosi’s response is odd considering she championed a House rule change designed to prevent this specific kind of behavior.
Last February, the House adopted a new rule in response to the ‘Me Too’ movement prohibiting sexual relationships between lawmakers and their employees.
Pelosi championed the bill and denounced the abuse they were trying to prevent.
“With this bill, we are shining a blazing light on the scourge of workplace abuse, which has been allowed to fester in the shadows for too long,” she declared.
Hill’s affair with the congressional aide is a clear violation of this rule and a clear example of the ‘scourge of workplace abuse.’
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Actress @Alyssa_Milano: “If Katie Hill were a man,” he wouldn’t have needed to resign for having an affair with a staffer in violation of House rules.
“I do wish that she would have fought a little harder. I would have fought by her side.” pic.twitter.com/0ZdfEdYQxG
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) October 30, 2019
Would This Have Happened to a Man?
Some lawmakers are coming to Hill’s defense and accusing the husband of engaging in revenge porn.
“This doesn’t happen to male members in the same way — revenge porn in this respect. It’s horrific,” said New York socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Is that really true though? Would a male member of Congress survive photos being released of them showing them naked, smoking a bong, and sporting a controversial tattoo?
Anthony Weiner’s original sexting scandal involved an image of him barely covered up and accidentally leaked online, which were followed by others leaked to news sites by several women.
His career, of course, didn’t survive, and he was forced to resign. His scandals worsened over the years, but the initial images were certainly not worse than Hill’s, Weiner is male, and he was forced from office.
Complaints from Democrats playing the sexism card ring hollow.
Hill was one of Nancy’s “Stars” . I’m sure her despicable conduct would have been swept under the rug if it hadn’t been for the pictures of naked Katie smoking a bong. Pictures don’t lie and with impeachment taking all the oxygen out of the Democrat air Nancy didn’t need another battle. Hill’s conduct didn’t do anything to enhance the reputation of the Transgender s whom she represents. Although I did learn another word–THROPLE
“morality, like truth, is an alien concept to Democrats in government.”
revenge porn . . . . It’s horrific,” said New York socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
I looked and looked and even enlarged the picture and I never did see a gun pointed at Hill’s head so I must assume that hill did not consider these pictures porn, but they were her normal sexual activity and nothing to be concealed from he constituents, So why is she belly aching if her normal activities are revealed.
“Our darling Katie. It’s so sad,” Pelosi said, according to multiple sources who spoke to Politico. “It goes to show you, we should say to young candidates, and to kids in kindergarten really, be careful when transmitting photos.”
No, Pelosi, you scabrous wretch! It goes to show you that we should say to young candidates, and to kids in kindergarten, live upstanding lives and don’t engage in the libertine sort of depraved activity that forced this perverted woman to resign her seat.
Another pervert gets outed by her former husband. This woman was not too bright, she knew the photos existed, she knew her ex was itching for some revenge, now she is surprised that they were published. A lefty loon!
If she resigned in disgrace, why was she allowed to vote on the Impeachment inquiry sham? Huh Pelosi? Why?
And the staffer’s future has been compromised by Hill’s predation, as well. From the quotes published here, Pelosi was more concerned with Hill’s lapse of judgement re photos, than the abuse of her position as a Congress person with a subordinate. But then morality, like truth, is an alien concept to Democrats in government.
Let me help MOLDY Nancy with her words..!! What MOLDY Nancy really meant to say was: “Our KINKY KATIE DARLING” who was SO much FUN at our Daily Happy Hours..!! There…..fixed it…!! You’re welcome….!!
Hill was my congresswoman. I watched the ads for her campaign splashed everywhere. Where did all of this money come from? Furthermore, she and two other Dems were losing election night in Southern CA, and then votes appeared out of nowhere from boxes delivered in an unmarked van. All 3 suddenly won the election the next morning. I got no ballot to vote, even though I’m a registered Republican!
Birds of a feather, Eh Nancy?
Why is it when a democrat is forced to resign it’s a sad loss, but when a Republican is forced to resign it’s a great day for the country?
but yet I think She voted in todays fake impeachment rules.