CT-05: Rep. Esty retiring after top aide's abuse allegations

[The Other Castro]

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/30/politics/elizabeth-esty-staffer-abuse/index.html
http://www.courant.com/opinion/editorials/hc-he-ed-elizabeth-esty-resign-20180330-story.html

[KingSweden]

This is very bad. She should strongly consider not running for re-election this year.

[Jeppe]

She didn’t harass anybody herself, not worth resigning over.

[NewYorkExpress]

This is very bad. She should strongly consider not running for re-election this year.

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

This is very bad. She should strongly consider not running for re-election this year.

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She didn’t harass anybody herself, not worth resigning over.

LMAO WHAT.

[Jeppe]

I love how all the people who said Franken shouldn’t resign are now telling Esty to resign over this. Really shows the double standard that Atlas has.

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

I love how all the people who said Franken shouldn’t resign are now telling Esty to resign over this. Really shows the double standard that Atlas has.

I was very pro-Franken resignation, and was about to compare your logic to the people that defended him.

[user12345]

"There's a special place in hell for women who don't help other women." -Madeleine Albright

[YE]

I love how all the people who said Franken shouldn’t resign are now telling Esty to resign over this.

Quit talking out of your ass. Most of the forum wanted Franken to resign.

[Jeppe]

I love how all the people who said Franken shouldn’t resign are now telling Esty to resign over this. Really shows the double standard that Atlas has.

I was very pro-Franken resignation, and was about to compare your logic to the people that defended him.

There’s a world of difference. Franken personally victimized and assaulted numerous women over many years. Esty made a terrible mistake that failed one woman, but she did not go around and assault the victim herself. Big, big difference.

[choclatechip45]

Mark Meadows had a similar scandal with his chief of staff. Interesting how he goes unscathed yet people think Esty should resign over this.

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

I love how all the people who said Franken shouldn’t resign are now telling Esty to resign over this. Really shows the double standard that Atlas has.

I was very pro-Franken resignation, and was about to compare your logic to the people that defended him.

There’s a world of difference. Franken personally victimized and assaulted numerous women over many years. Esty made a terrible mistake that failed one woman, but she did not go around and assault the victim herself. Big, big difference.

Esty buried it and acted like every person with power *shouldn't * when confronted by this sort of thing. And she only acknowledged wrongdoing when it blew up and became a story. It's really bad.

[Jeppe]

Mark Meadows had a similar scandal with his chief of staff. Interesting how he goes unscathed yet people think Esty should resign over this.

I’m afraid it’s simply the horrible double standard we apply to women politicians. We let male politicians get away with so much more, but we apply a ruthless standard to women in politics. Similar to how Hillary got dragged for her husband’s impropriety, while the same people defended Trump in light of his several dozen harassment allegations.

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

Mark Meadows had a similar scandal with his chief of staff. Interesting how he goes unscathed yet people think Esty should resign over this.

I'm from CT and have family in the district. Who is Mark Meadows?

[Jeppe]

https://theslot.jezebel.com/congressman-accused-of-paying-staffer-for-months-after-1734772761/amp

Andrew Cuomo also does the exact same thing, defending sexual harassers in his staff, but nobody cares. It’s only when a woman screws up that she should immediately face calls to resign.

[GlobeSoc]

she needs to retire, but because she could get tied into the more local environment thanks to this scandal, which would make her more at risk of blowing the seat and harming CT dems overall.

[choclatechip45]

Mark Meadows had a similar scandal with his chief of staff. Interesting how he goes unscathed yet people think Esty should resign over this.

I'm from CT and have family in the district. Who is Mark Meadows?

I'm from CT also and the CT GOP kept a child molester on their payroll. Interesting how no one cares about that. Mark Meadows is a congressman from NC who is  the chairman of the Freedom Caucus

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-mark-meadows-aide-says-sexual-harassment-in-congressmans-office-was-known-earlier-than-reported

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/kenny-west-mark-meadows-harassment-227115

https://ethics.house.gov/sites/ethics.house.gov/files/OCE%20Report%20and%20Findings_0.pdf

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

This is very bad. She should strongly consider not running for re-election this year.

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She didn’t harass anybody herself, not worth resigning over.

LMAO WHAT.

[Jeppe]

“Esty admitted to media outlets that she wrote a positive recommendation letter for Baker and entered into a nondisclosure agreement at what she said was the recommendation of the Office of House Employment Counsel.“

Honestly, it sounds like the failures of an antiquated sexual harassment reporting system on Capitol Hill. She followed the recommendations of the House office responsible for dealing with issues like this.

[choclatechip45]

“Esty admitted to media outlets that she wrote a positive recommendation letter for Baker and entered into a nondisclosure agreement at what she said was the recommendation of the Office of House Employment Counsel.“

Honestly, it sounds like the failures of an antiquated sexual harassment reporting system on Capitol Hill. She followed the recommendations of the House office responsible for dealing with issues like this.

Seems like if congress had an HR department none of this would happen.

[Jeppe]

she needs to retire, but because she could get tied into the more local environment thanks to this scandal, which would make her more at risk of blowing the seat and harming CT dems overall.

I really don’t think the GOP is going to run an effective campaign railing against sexual harassment when Donald Trump is president. Esty is an entrenched incumbent in a Clinton seat, she’s safe regardless of this scandal.

[choclatechip45]

she needs to retire, but because she could get tied into the more local environment thanks to this scandal, which would make her more at risk of blowing the seat and harming CT dems overall.

I really don’t think the GOP is going to run an effective campaign railing against sexual harassment when Donald Trump is president. Esty is an entrenched incumbent in a Clinton seat, she’s safe regardless of this scandal.

Especially when the CT GOP kept a guy who bragged about bathing with a 5 year old on payroll after he was arrested.

[NewYorkExpress]

https://theslot.jezebel.com/congressman-accused-of-paying-staffer-for-months-after-1734772761/amp

Andrew Cuomo also does the exact same thing, defending sexual harassers in his staff, but nobody cares. It’s only when a woman screws up that she should immediately face calls to resign.

Which is one more reason everyone on the left hates Cuomo.

[GlobeSoc]

We need no excuses, no what abouts, just standards to uphold.

https://theslot.jezebel.com/congressman-accused-of-paying-staffer-for-months-after-1734772761/amp

Andrew Cuomo also does the exact same thing, defending sexual harassers in his staff, but nobody cares. It’s only when a woman screws up that she should immediately face calls to resign.

Which is one more reason everyone on the left hates Cuomo.

This too

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

she needs to retire, but because she could get tied into the more local environment thanks to this scandal, which would make her more at risk of blowing the seat and harming CT dems overall.

I really don’t think the GOP is going to run an effective campaign railing against sexual harassment when Donald Trump is president. Esty is an entrenched incumbent in a Clinton seat, she’s safe regardless of this scandal.

I know your schtick is unconditionally supporting female third-way types, but I think you know full well that the issue here isn’t simply whether Esty can win re-election.  Franken and Conyers probably could have too, the point is that both folks who engage in abusive behavior and their enablers like Esty who look the other way have no business holding elected office.