Katie Hill resigning from office

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Republicans are literally just throwing around revenge pornography in an attempt to intimidate a member of Congress - who has done literally nothing wrong here - into resigning.

Engaging in multiple affairs with campaign staffers is very clearly something wrong.

If we're making people resign over affairs a good 25% of Congress at minimum should be gone.

[lfromnj]

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

[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.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

play the victim

This is literally the first time I've seen this phrase used in reference to someone other than Taylor Swift in years.

[libertpaulian]

If Katie Hill was Kevin Hill, he would have been shown the door by now.  She should resign.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

So it looks like my initial assessment of this was a bit off.

Based on learning that (a) there is no actual evidence of an affair with her finance director and (b) the other girl involved here was a campaign staffer, not a congressional staffer, I don’t really think Hill has much to apologize for.

I suppose hiring someone you’re secretly sleeping with onto your campaign staff isn’t ideal, but it’s quite a bit different that hiring them onto the government payroll.

I couldn’t care less if she had a consensual nonmonogamous relationship or smoked marijuana at some point in the past.  And the idea that she has a -Nazi tattoo- is laughably implausible.

[I Can Now Die Happy]

and though I certainly recognize how Republicans defend Trump (many of them worship at his altar, burning incense and offering gifts on a daily basis...)

Have you been spying on me?

[I Can Now Die Happy]

play the victim

This is literally the first time I've seen this phrase used in reference to someone other than Taylor Swift in years.

What did Taylor Swift play the victim about recently? Last time I heard of her it was when she endorsed Democrat loser Phil Bredesen, which...makes me wonder if she's secret Atlas user, because that's what Atlas does on the reg.

Hmm....

[McNukes™ #NYCMMWasAHero]

So it looks like my initial assessment of this was a bit off.

Based on learning that (a) there is no actual evidence of an affair with her finance director and (b) the other girl involved here was a campaign staffer, not a congressional staffer, I don’t really think Hill has much to apologize for.

I suppose hiring someone you’re secretly sleeping with onto your campaign staff isn’t ideal, but it’s quite a bit different that hiring them onto the government payroll.

I couldn’t care less if she had a consensual nonmonogamous relationship or smoked marijuana at some point in the past.  And the idea that she has a -Nazi tattoo- is laughably implausible.

Is Brett Kavanaugh a rapist with accusers who often can't even make their own claims under oath, when there's actually pictures of Katie Hill naked with staffers?

[Calthrina950]

and though I certainly recognize how Republicans defend Trump (many of them worship at his altar, burning incense and offering gifts on a daily basis...)

Have you been spying on me?

I was referring to Republican representatives in Congress (like members of the Freedom Caucus), not to you. Political partisans have a natural pull to the President of their own party. But many Congressional Republicans have been way overboard with how they've acted.

[Landslide Lyndon]

So it looks like my initial assessment of this was a bit off.

Based on learning that (a) there is no actual evidence of an affair with her finance director and (b) the other girl involved here was a campaign staffer, not a congressional staffer, I don’t really think Hill has much to apologize for.

I suppose hiring someone you’re secretly sleeping with onto your campaign staff isn’t ideal, but it’s quite a bit different that hiring them onto the government payroll.

I couldn’t care less if she had a consensual nonmonogamous relationship or smoked marijuana at some point in the past.  And the idea that she has a -Nazi tattoo- is laughably implausible.

Is Brett Kavanaugh a rapist with accusers who often can't even make their own claims under oath, when there's actually pictures of Katie Hill naked with staffers? There's no doubt that Hill is a rapist.

What an awful post.

[wbrocks67]

I've had some of my naked pictures leaked by a jilted ex before. It's not something to really play the victim about unless you're desperate for PR deflection.

I highly doubt Katie Hill's husband was 'abusive' either. All in all this reeks of someone who got caught doing a no-no and wants to snake their way out of it.

This is really gross, and it's honestly sad that you don't see yourself as a victim when your own pictures were leaked.

Glad to see you don't believe abuse victims. You should feel really good about yourself!

[Epaminondas]

This is really gross, and it's honestly sad that you don't see yourself as a victim when your own pictures were leaked.

You know he's lying, right? Or at least twisting things to cast his sad self in a better light.
"This happened to me too, and I didn't whinge like a leftist" is a common trope in the right-wing commentariat.

[lfromnj]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7609313/Katie-Hill-missed-flights-drinking-staffers-worry-partying-affecting-work.html

Another claim by dailymail.

[Person Man]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7609313/Katie-Hill-missed-flights-drinking-staffers-worry-partying-affecting-work.html

Another claim by dailymail.

She’s going to be President one day at this rate.

[Donerail]

Apparently the conservatives are furious not only because she smoked weed, but because she smoked weed on 9/11. She should be President.

[Devout Centrist]

Are we really saying here that Person A leaking nude photos of Person B is now somehow an awful thing on Person B's part and/or somehow their fault and that they should have to resign over it?

Nobody here is saying that. The revenge porn is disgusting and she is right to do everything in her power to take it down. Just because her privacy is being invaded by the right doesn't mean she didn't do anything wrong.

Republicans are literally just throwing around revenge pornography in an attempt to intimidate a member of Congress - who has done literally nothing wrong here - into resigning.

Engaging in multiple affairs with campaign staffers is very clearly something wrong.

She denies having an affair with her legislative director (which, if proven true, would be a serious ethics violation). She admitted to her relationship with an aide, but that apparently predates her hire. A little more murky than the former case.

[Stranger in a strange land]

I couldn’t care less if she had a consensual nonmonogamous relationship or smoked marijuana at some point in the past.  And the idea that she has a -Nazi tattoo- is laughably implausible.

I haven't seen the photos in question, but out of curiosity, was the tattoo this symbol by any chance: https://www.google.com/search?q=independent+logo&rlz=1C1EJFC_enUS839US839&oq=independent+logo&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.2056j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8. If so, it's a dumb white girl tattoo, not a neo-Nazi one, especially since I'm approximately the same age as her and know that she would have been in high school when Avril Lavigne, Quicksilver, Tony Hawk, and the skater boi/girl aesthetic were at the height of their popularity, and even non-skater kids might have gotten such a tattoo because they thought it looked cool or whatever.

[fhtagn]

Republicans are literally just throwing around revenge pornography in an attempt to intimidate a member of Congress - who has done literally nothing wrong here - into resigning.

Engaging in multiple affairs with campaign staffers is very clearly something wrong.

If we're making people resign over affairs a good 25% of Congress at minimum should be gone.

Bolded and colored the important bit that you conveniently ignored.

[Devout Centrist]

Republicans are literally just throwing around revenge pornography in an attempt to intimidate a member of Congress - who has done literally nothing wrong here - into resigning.

Engaging in multiple affairs with campaign staffers is very clearly something wrong.

If we're making people resign over affairs a good 25% of Congress at minimum should be gone.

Bolded and colored the important bit that you conveniently ignored.

As previously stated, she denies having an affair with her legislative director; the relationship with her aide predates Hill hiring her.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

play the victim

This is literally the first time I've seen this phrase used in reference to someone other than Taylor Swift in years.

What did Taylor Swift play the victim about recently?

You'd have to ask a Taylor Swift hater.

[Person Man]

I couldn’t care less if she had a consensual nonmonogamous relationship or smoked marijuana at some point in the past.  And the idea that she has a -Nazi tattoo- is laughably implausible.

I haven't seen the photos in question, but out of curiosity, was the tattoo this symbol by any chance: https://www.google.com/search?q=independent+logo&rlz=1C1EJFC_enUS839US839&oq=independent+logo&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.2056j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8. If so, it's a dumb white girl tattoo, not a neo-Nazi one, especially since I'm approximately the same age as her and know that she would have been in high school when Avril Lavigne, Quicksilver, Tony Hawk, and the skater boi/girl aesthetic were at the height of their popularity, and even non-skater kids might have gotten such a tattoo because they thought it looked cool or whatever.

Didn’t Bam Marjara sign to that label too?

[Zaybay]

https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/27/rep-katie-hill-to-resign-amid-allegations-of-inappropriate-relationships-with-staffers-000301

[Skye]

Expected. Democrats should still be favored for the seat, though.

[YE]

RIP hottest Congresswoman.