Katie Hill resigning from office

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

If true, then Hill should obviously resign immediately (and many of the folks defending her would likely be singing a very different tune were Hill a Republican) or at the very least certainly should not run for reelection, but I'd like to see if this gets reported by a credible source or two first*, especially given what we've seen with the false allegations against Gil Cisneros last cycle and Bob Menendez in 2012.  So far I haven't seen this anywhere except red state and one of its sister websites, so I'm gonna withhold judgement for now.  

*Sidenote #1: I'm curious whether Red State is selectively editing which texts to share because there were at least two occasions - most blatant being the articles claim that the texts show the aide to have been completely distraught - where they flat out lied about what the text exchanges showed.  

Sidenote #2: Red State did a really sh!tty thing by publishing some of those pictures.  It added nothing to the story that sort of sleazy invasion of privacy really underscores the degree to which they are bad-faith actors, even if every detail of the scandal turns out to be exactly as they presented it (which already does not appear to be the case in at least some minor aspects).

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Per Politico, there is no evidence that Hill had an affair except her husband’s unsupported claim that this was the case and she has alleged that her husband was abusive towards her.  DC police investigating whether photos were illegally obtained and/or were revenge porn.  At this point, while the whole threeouple thing is really weird (to say the least) and this certainly showed some poor judgment on Hill’s part, I don’t think there’s any reason for her to resign or even that she shouldn’t be re-elected at this point.  

https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/22/katie-hill-denies-improper-relationship-054313

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

1. Picture should not have been published.
2. It’s not okay to have affairs with staffers.
3. The ethical issue that should be focused on is #2, even though affairs are immoral (it’s not our business).

Except there's no evidence Hill had an affair with a staffer save for the thus far unsupported claims of her husband in the midst of what is clearly - to put it kindly - an extremely ugly divorce.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

This is looking more and more and more like a Jeremy Corbyn-style "terrible person on her merits but also getting shamelessly libeled" situation.

She definitely seems like a terrible person if all of this is true, and I won't defend her, but Republicans really shouldn't be pearl clutching and claiming double standards here. If Trump had done this, we all know how Republicans would react. Not to mention two Republicans who were literally criminals won re-election last year, as did a neo-Nazi and a guy who body slammed a reporter.

These two posts basically sum up my thoughts on this whole mess at this point.  

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/katie-hill-cease-and-desist-nude-photos-daily-mail_n_5db21ac7e4b0bc7f96fe62bf?ci

Nothing about red state. My guess? Its much easier to shut down news papers for libel or other sh**t in the UK than in the US. Not sure where the court case would be

Indeed it is, much, much easier.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

The fact that the blue avatars celebrate because a smear campaign by an abusive husband against his ex-wife has succeeded makes me sick.

She posted them herself, and she committed rape too.

More Dems should be like Ralph Northam, grow a freaking backbone.

Northam had scandal after scandal down the line of succession though.

It's utterly embarrassing that Justin Fairfax is still the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. He was accused by not one, but two women, of rape and/or sexual assault, and he is defiant as always, refusing to resign his position. Of course, we have Trump. I would ask this of Atlas Democrats, however: If you wish to hold Republican politicians to a high standard (and I'm not attacking you for that), why don't you hold your own politicians to the same? I would be all for Trump being turned out of office, if Justin Fairfax and others like him were.

IIRC, most Atlas (and national) Democrats were pretty quick to call for Fairfax’s resignation and were pretty pissed that he wasn’t impeached.  And Al Franken, John Conyers, Reuben Kihuen, Nate Boulton, Steve Loebsack, etc were all driven from office (and rightly so).  The only Democrat of note I can think of who has hung on after a #metoo scandal since the movement began is Fairfax.  The Republicans have defended and tried to rationalize supporting folks like Trump, Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas, Roy Moore, Jim Jordan, Steve Watkins, James Comer, etc.  Even Katie Hill just resigned while Scott DeJarlais remains in Congress without much comment from Republicans despite having repeatedly slept with patients, some of whom he pressures to get abortions.

I’m sorry, but there is simply nothing even remotely resembling equivalency about how the two parties have treated #metoo scandals.  The Democrats - while not perfect by any means - have generally wasted no time siding with the victims rather than the predators (Fairfax being a glaring and particularly egregious exception, but an exception all the same) who have sexually assaulted or harassed them whereas the Republicans have generally shown themselves to be perfectly willing to turn their backs on the victims if they think defending a sex predator will help their party cling to power.  This isn’t just my opinion, it’s a fact that has been demonstrated time and time again.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

https://twitter.com/AlexThomasDC/status/1189382581520875520?s=20

Katie Hill should sue the NRCC into bankruptcy.

The police should be involved at this point.

Should honestly rescind her resignation.

No, she really, really shouldn’t.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Your usual reminder that the person who wrote this is a Trump supporter.

But let's not forget to recognize that Katie Hill is a stupid idiot with an absurd lack of judgement and a shortage of self-control.  Perhaps I'm old-fashioned, but I somehow think that an elected officials ought to have a bit more personal restraint than Hill has displayed. 

I mean, I agree with everything in the quoted paragraph and I’m not a Trump supporter

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Uygur's endorsed candidate for senate got 2% last year.
Here is hoping that he does as well.

I mean, that's 2% more than I want him to get