Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) partially misled the public on Thursday about the sex scandal involving fellow freshman Rep. Katie Hill (D-CA) — who resigned this week — suggesting that the scandal was only over the intimate photos that were leaked of her, which is not true.
“This doesn’t happen to male members in the same way — revenge porn in this respect. It’s horrific,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “I don’t think we’re really talking about how targeted and serious this is. We’re talking about a major crime… being committed against her.”
While it is true that Hill may indeed be the victim of revenge porn, Ocasio-Cortez glossed right over the allegations that Hill had a relationship with a female campaign staffer — who has appeared to suggest that Hill mistreated her — and that Hill allegedly had a sexual relationship with a male congressional staffer.
Hill appears to have admitted to having the relationship with the female campaign staffer but has adamantly denied being involved with the congressional staffer.
The problem for Hill relates to the allegation surrounding the congressional staffer because members of Congress are prohibited from having relationships with those who work for them.
The allegation triggered an investigation from the House Ethics Committee, which said in a statement: The Committee is aware of public allegations that Representative Katie Hill may have engaged in a sexual relationship with an individual on her congressional staff, in violation of House Rule XXIII, clause 18(a). The Committee, pursuant to Committee Rule 18(a), has begun an investigation and will gather additional information regarding the allegations.
Ocasio-Cortez, and many of Hill’s other allies, have focused on casting Hill only as a victim over the whole incident, ignoring the actual misconduct allegations that were made against her.
Ocasio-Cortez’s assertion that these types of scandals don’t “happen to male members in the same way — revenge porn in this respect” is not an accurate reflection of the scandal because it ignores the allegations of sexual misconduct that have been made against Hill that have nothing to do with the images that were leaked of her.
Numerous men in Congress have resigned over alleged sexual misconduct scandals or have not sought re-election to whichever chamber of Congress that they served over the last decade and scores more in state-level offices have been forced to do the same thing.
Here are 14 examples of men that have been accused of misconduct over the last decade who either resigned or did not seek re-election:
1. Rep. Pat Meehan (R-PA); resigned 2018. snip 2. Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ); resigned 2017. snip 3. Rep. John Conyers (D-MI); resigned 2017. snip 4. Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX); announced retirement in 2017. snip 5. Sen. Al Franken (D-MN); resigned 2018. snip 6. Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA); resigned 2017. snip 7. Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX); resigned 2018. snip 8. Rep. Vance McAllister (R-LA); announced in 2014 that he would not seek re-election. snip 9. Rep. David Wu (D-OR); resigned 2011. snip 10. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY); resigned 2011. snip 11. Rep. Chris Lee (R-NY); resigned 2011. snip 12. Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY); resigned 2010. snip 13. Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN); resigned 2010. snip 14. Rep. Ruben Kihuen (D-NV); announced in 2017 that he would not seek re-election. snip
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McDonald’s today announced that its Board of Directors has named Chris Kempczinski, most recently President, McDonald’s USA, as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Kempczinski has also been elected to the McDonald’s Board of Directors.
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